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公开(公告)号:US12243683B2
公开(公告)日:2025-03-04
申请号:US18506227
申请日:2023-11-10
Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Inventor: Wanfeng Li , Franco Leonardi , Michael W. Degner
Abstract: Permanent magnets and method of making the same are provided. The magnets include a magnetic layer having an insulation layer disposed thereon. The insulation layer is formed via additive manufacturing techniques such as laser melting such that it has discrete phases including a magnetic phase and an insulating phase.
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公开(公告)号:US12237720B2
公开(公告)日:2025-02-25
申请号:US17737497
申请日:2022-05-05
Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Inventor: Dengfu Zhang , Brian Christian Orr , Alfredo R. Munoz , Franco Leonardi , Joel Hetrick
Abstract: An electric machine including a stator core having an outer circumferential surface and an axial row of raised projections that extend radially outboard from the outer surface. The raised projections are axially spaced from each other to define circumferential channels therebetween. A housing defines a cavity that receives the stator core. The housing has an inner circumferential surface in contact with the raised projections and radially spaced from the outer surface of the core to define a void space in fluid communication with the channels. The void space and the channels cooperate to form a fluid circuit that overlays the outer circumferential surface such that the fluid is in direct contact with the stator core.
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公开(公告)号:US12113413B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-08
申请号:US17515517
申请日:2021-10-31
Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Inventor: Franco Leonardi , Michael W. Degner , Man Prakash Gupta , Christopher White , Steven White , Gary Thomas Martini , Singar Rathnam
CPC classification number: H02K3/12 , H02K3/30 , H02K15/0056 , H02K15/024 , B60K1/00
Abstract: A vehicle, electric machine, and method of manufacturing an electric machine include a stator having teeth extending from a yoke portion toward a rotor and defining slots between adjacent teeth with windings positioned within the slots, wherein the slots are coated with an electrically insulating material having an arcuate surface exiting the slots and extending at least partially over the teeth on at least one end face of the stator to form a winding guide for bending/positioning the windings. The winding guide may be formed by a molded epoxy that replaces insulating paper slot liners while providing a template for forming the hairpin bends of end windings.
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公开(公告)号:US20230231427A1
公开(公告)日:2023-07-20
申请号:US17576584
申请日:2022-01-14
Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Inventor: Franco Leonardi , Michael W. Degner
Abstract: An electric machine for an electrified vehicle includes a stator core configured to receive a plurality of windings. The stator core including a plurality of interchangeable stacked laminations arranged in sub-stacks. The sub-stacks having an outer diameter surface divided into circumferential quadrants, each quadrant having a cutout extending inwardly at a predetermined depth and radial position to define a serpentine cooling path on the outer surface of at least a portion of the sub-stacks. The sub-stacks are circumferentially rotated relative to each other such that two quadrants have a first cutout orientation, and the two other quadrants have a second cutout orientation, the first cutout orientation is different than the second cutout orientation and when rotated in sequence each cutout aligns to form the continuous serpentine cooling path in a quadrant of the stator core.
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公开(公告)号:US20220216743A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-07
申请号:US17143951
申请日:2021-01-07
Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Inventor: Franco Leonardi , Man Prakash Gupta
Abstract: A stator includes a core and an over-molded midsection arranged to define a plurality of slots, and a plurality of conductors wound within the slots. Portions of the midsection immediately adjacent to the slots define a plurality of protrusions disposed on opposite long faces of at least some of the slots. The protrusions extend into the at least some of the slots and between some of the conductors to establish a gap between the some of the conductors and to direct coolant between the some of the conductors.
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公开(公告)号:US20210075280A1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-11
申请号:US16567720
申请日:2019-09-11
Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Inventor: Franco Leonardi , Chuanbing Rong , Chun Tang , Wanfeng Li , Michael W. Degner
Abstract: A rotor for an electric machine includes a core comprised of stacked laminations that define pockets between a hub portion and a pole portion. Each of the pockets are configured to receive magnetic material and define center cavities between regions of magnetic material to eliminate a flux leakage path between the magnetic materials. A cured mixture including an epoxy and a magnetic powder is disposed within the center cavities. The magnetic material may include sintered magnets and a cured mixture.
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公开(公告)号:US10749404B2
公开(公告)日:2020-08-18
申请号:US15869729
申请日:2018-01-12
Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Inventor: Michael W. Degner , Prasad Dev Hanumalagutti , Franco Leonardi
IPC: H02K5/22 , H02K15/12 , H02K9/19 , H02K3/38 , H02K11/25 , B60K6/26 , B60K6/40 , H02K1/14 , H02K3/24 , H02K3/50 , H02K3/52 , H02K5/20 , H02P27/06
Abstract: A vehicle electric machine assembly including a stator core and a terminal block is provided. The stator core includes one or more three-phase terminals connected to end windings. The terminal block includes a connector for each of the three-phase terminals. A portion of the end windings extending from the stator core, the three-phase terminals, and the terminal block are overmolded as a single unit such that a portion of each of the connectors is exposed for connection to an inverter. The terminal block may further include one or more threaded apertures, each sized to receive a threaded stud to facilitate an electrical connection between one of the one or more three-phase terminals and the inverter. Each of the one or more three-phase terminals may extend axially along an axis substantially parallel to a central axis of a rotor disposed within a cavity defined by the stator core.
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公开(公告)号:US10211689B2
公开(公告)日:2019-02-19
申请号:US15064643
申请日:2016-03-09
Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Inventor: Feng Liang , Benedikt Groschup , Franco Leonardi
Abstract: An electric machine rotor includes a lamination configured to rotate about a central axis and a plurality of pairs of permanent magnets. Each pair of permanent magnets is arranged in a V-shaped pattern and affixed within the lamination to create a magnetic field for rotation of the lamination. The lamination also includes an outer periphery spanning circumferentially outside of the permanent magnets, wherein a mass-reduction cutout extends through the lamination nested within in a V-shape defined by the permanent magnets adjacent to an outer surface of the rotor. The lamination further includes a stress-reduction slot that extends through the outer periphery of the rotor.
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公开(公告)号:US20170271951A1
公开(公告)日:2017-09-21
申请号:US15072698
申请日:2016-03-17
Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Inventor: Prasad Dev Hanumalagutti , Michael W. Degner , Franco Leonardi
Abstract: An electric machine for an electrified vehicle is provided. The electric machine may include a stator, a ring plate, an encasement, and a fastener. The stator defines a cavity, a stator recess about a portion of the cavity, and a stator aperture. The stator may include windings disposed within and partially protruding out of the cavity. The ring plate may be sized for disposal within the stator recess, and may define a tab and a plate aperture for alignment with the stator aperture. The encasement may define a key sized for engagement with the tab to secure the encasement to the ring plate, and a closed coolant channel. The fastener may be sized for insertion within the apertures to secure the plate to the stator. The stator, ring plate, and encasement may be arranged with one another such that the partially protruding windings are disposed within the closed coolant channel.
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公开(公告)号:US20170229933A1
公开(公告)日:2017-08-10
申请号:US15040304
申请日:2016-02-10
Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Inventor: Franco Leonardi , Mark Allan Lippman , Michael W. Degner
CPC classification number: H02K1/276 , H02K1/04 , H02K1/16 , H02K1/2766 , H02K21/14 , H02K2201/03 , H02K2201/06 , H02K2201/15
Abstract: An electric machine may include a plurality of stator sections each formed from one or more stator laminations stacked to form a stator. The stator may have windings arranged therein to form magnetic poles. The stator may surround a rotor. A diamagnetic or paramagnetic stator layer may be interposed between at least one adjacent pair of the stator sections.
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