Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotor assembly for an electric motor
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Application No.: US17867989Application Date: 2022-07-19
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Publication No.: US12224627B2Publication Date: 2025-02-11
- Inventor: Calahan B. Campton , Eric Bourniche , James Bourn
- Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
- Current Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Agency: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC
- Main IPC: H02K1/32
- IPC: H02K1/32 ; H02K7/116 ; H02K9/193

Abstract:
A rotor assembly includes a shaft defining a lubricant inlet channel for receiving a lubricant and a lamination stack. The lamination stack is rotatably coupled to the shaft, extends between first and second lamination stack ends, and defines a lubricant cooling channel in fluid communication with the lubricant inlet channel. The rotor assembly also includes a first end cap adjacent to the first lamination stack end and a second end cap adjacent to the second lamination stack end. One of the first end cap and the second end cap defines an end cap inlet at a first radial distance from the shaft, a lubricant outlet channel defined to extend at least partially radially inward toward the shaft, and an end cap outlet at a second radial distance from the shaft which is less than the first radial distance for expelling the lubricant.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240030765A1 ROTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTOR Public/Granted day:2024-01-25
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