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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2022
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Deutschland Holding Gmbh, Frankfurt, DE;
General Electric Company Polska Sp. Z O.o., Warsaw, PL;
Bugra Han Ertas, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Joseph John Zierer, Jr., Niskayuna, NY (US);
Vandana Prabhakar Rallabandi, Niskayuna, NY (US);
David Allan Torrey, Galway, NY (US);
David William Crall, Loveland, OH (US);
Mohamed Osama, Garching, DE;
Adam Tomasz Pazinski, Warsaw, PL;
Arthur William Sibbach, Boxford, MA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Deutschland Holding GmbH, Frankfurt, DE;
General Electric Company Polska Sp. z o.o., Warsaw, PL;
Abstract
An airgap cooling system () for an electric machine (), the electric machine () including a rotor assembly () rotatably mounted within a stator assembly () and defining an airgap () therebetween, wherein the stator assembly () comprises a lamination stack (). The airgap cooling system () includes a plurality of distribution passages () that extend through the lamination stack (); a plurality of discharge passages () that extend between the plurality of distribution passages () and the airgap (); a cooling manifold () defining an annular distribution plenum () in fluid communication with the plurality of distribution passages (), wherein the cooling manifold () is configured for receiving a cooling fluid () and directing the cooling fluid () into the distribution plenum (), through the distribution passage () and the discharge passage (), and into the airgap ().