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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1998
David G Halsey, Rockford, IL (US);
Hassan Mansir, Rockford, IL (US);
Robert Grennan, Stillman Valley, IL (US);
William J Greenlee, Caledonia, IL (US);
Dam Nguyen, Rockford, IL (US);
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Abstract
Losses in efficiency of operation of a dynamoelectric machine as a result of eddy current losses and poor coolant efficiency and/or disruption of the magnetic circuit in a rotor by coolant passages is avoided in a dynamoelectric machine including a stator (18) in which a rotor (16) is journaled. The rotor includes a stack (16) of thin laminations (17) made of a ferromagnetic material to define a rotor body. The rotor body includes a plurality of equally angularly spaced poles (58) separated by recesses (64). Coolant passages (76) located in the rotor at or just radially inward of the base (72) of each pole (58) and substantially radially outward of the rotational axis (56) of the rotor (14) to maximize cooling efficiency of the poles (58) without disrupting the magnetic circuit in the rotor. Slots (80) are placed in the tips (70) of the poles (58) of selected laminations (17) and extend generally radially inward to reduce eddy current losses.