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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Hironori Asaoka, Okazaki, JP;
Fumiaki Yamato, Okazaki, JP;
Kiichi Yokoyama, Toyota, JP;
Hiroki Kato, Toyota, JP;
Kenta Tabuchi, Nisshin, JP;
Hideaki Miyazono, Kasugai, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A motor may include: a stator with a coil; and a rotor radially inside the stator, wherein the rotor includes a rotor shaft, a core supported rotatably with the shaft, and a first end plate attached to a first end of the core, the core including a magnet held in the core, a magnet slot that holds a magnet, and a coolant path extending along an axial direction of the core, the coolant path disposed between a radially-inner end surface of the magnet and the magnet slot, and the first end plate including a flange radially outside the radially-inner end surface of the magnet, the flange protruding toward the core along the axial direction of the core, and the flange being configured to form a cavity between the first end plate and the first end, wherein the cavity delivers the coolant supplied from the rotor shaft to the coolant path.