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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Matthew Schmitt, Southgate, MI (US);
Joel Hetrick, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Devan Anderson, Taylor, MI (US);
Jeremy Ikerd, Eastpointe, MI (US);
Bharath Madduri, Canton, MI (US);
Chin-Yuan Perng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sudhir Kumar, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An electric motor may be provided having a rotor shaft having an internal oil channel therein and a plurality of radial feed oil channels positioned about a middle and center of the rotor shaft, a rotor core, the rotor core having a plurality of axial channels therein, and a pair of end plates coupled to the rotor shaft, where each end plate has alternating inclined channels and drain holes so as to alternate a flow direction of the oil in each adjacent pole.