ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,534, issued on April 14, was assigned to BorgWarner Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Electric machine including field coil separators having an integrated coolant flow path" was invented by Kirk Neet (Noblesville, Ind.) and Joshua B. Lahrman (New Palestine, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotor for an electric machine includes a shaft. A plurality of rotor laminations is mounted to the shaft. The plurality of rotor laminations includes a plurality of rotor teeth. A plurality of field coils is disposed about corresponding ones of the plurality of rotor teeth. A plurality of field coil separators extend axially along the rotor betwe...