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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2021
Applicant:
Dana Belgium N.v., Flanders, BE;
Inventors:
Steven Vanhee, Hooglede, BE;
Stephan Schlimpert, Sint-Truiden, BE;
Bart Peremans, Diest, BE;
Bram Robberechts, Leuven, BE;
Jasper Nonneman, Berchem, BE;
Assignee:
DANA BELGIUM N.V., Bruges, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/00 (2006.01); F04D 19/00 (2006.01); F04D 25/06 (2006.01); H02K 1/22 (2006.01); H02K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/00 (2013.01); F04D 19/002 (2013.01); F04D 25/06 (2013.01); H02K 1/22 (2013.01); H02K 7/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electromagnetic propulsion unit for a land-based wheeled or tracked vehicle is provided. The propulsion unit includes a balancing plate assembly with an outer plate designed to couple to a rotor assembly. In the balancing plate assembly, the outer plate includes a lip that, during rotor assembly rotation, pumps one or more fluids from an air gap formed between the rotor assembly and a stator and the outer plate is constructed out of a non-electrically conductive material.