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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
May. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wei Tong, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 9/00 ; H02K 3/22 ; H02K 1/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 9/00 ; H02K 3/22 ; H02K 1/20 ;
Abstract
A technique for enhancing heat transfer ventilation grooves is provided which allows the cooling groove dimensions to be minimizes while satisfying endwinding cooling requirements. Groove dimension may be minimized by including surface manifestations and/or selecting a non-linear groove configuration or shape to enhance heat transfer.