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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2021
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 1/14 (2006.01); H02K 1/276 (2022.01); H02K 15/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 1/2766 (2013.01); H02K 15/03 (2013.01); H02K 1/148 (2013.01);
Abstract
An axial flux electric motor for an automobile includes a stator assembly, and a rotor assembly, the rotor assembly including a plurality of lamination blocks arranged in an annular pattern, a plurality of conductive wedges, one conductive wedge being positioned between each adjacent pair of lamination blocks, the plurality of lamination blocks and the plurality of conductive wedges defining a rotor core disk having an inner diameter and outer diameter and opposing axial faces, and a plurality of permanent magnets attached to one of the opposing axial faces of the rotor core disk.