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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2023
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Vincent T Skalski, Plymouth, MI (US);
Shailesh Kozarekar, Novi, MI (US);
Brian Richard Light, Howell, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 11/40 (2016.01); H02K 5/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 11/40 (2016.01); H02K 5/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for grounding a rotor of an electric machine. The electric machine system includes a rotor shaft, a grounding cover coupled to an end of the rotor shaft, and a cam aligned with a rotational axis of the rotor shaft and electrically coupled to the grounding cover. The electric machine system further includes an end plate of a housing and a spring extending between the cam and an interior surface of the housing, where the grounding cover, the cam, and the spring are electrically conductive.