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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2022
Applicant:
Dana Automotive Systems Group, Llc, Maumee, OH (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC, Maumee, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 1/20 (2006.01); H02K 5/20 (2006.01); H02K 9/19 (2006.01); H02K 11/33 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 1/20 (2013.01); H02K 5/203 (2021.01); H02K 9/19 (2013.01); H02K 11/33 (2016.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for cooling an electric motor in an electric drive unit are provided. In one example, the electric motor includes a stator and an inverter power module positioned within a motor housing. The inverter power module forms an interface with a peripheral surface of an outer section of stator laminations of the stator, and the stator laminations include a plurality of cutouts forming axially extending oil ducts.