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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Xiaogang Zhang, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An electric machine includes a plurality of laminations stacked to form a stator defining an end face and a plurality of slots spaced about a circumference of the stator. The electric machine further includes a plurality of inserts each disposed, and bonded to a portion of the end face, between an adjacent pair of the slots, and each defining an outer triangular-shaped tip that is radially outside the adjacent pair of the slots. The electric machine further includes end windings extending out from the adjacent pair of the slots and bent over a corresponding one of the inserts such that the end windings engage the corresponding one of the inserts and exert a compression force on the corresponding one of the inserts and the laminations.