ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,813, issued on April 7, was assigned to BorgWarner Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Electric motor with coolant flow at stator slots" was invented by Michael D. Bradfield (Anderson, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric motor can be employed for use in a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) or in a battery electric vehicle (BEV), as example applications. In an implementation, the electric motor has a stator assembly with a multitude of laminations exhibiting an axially-stacked arrangement. The laminations establish coolant channels at a radially-outboard location thereof, and establish slots at a radially-inboard location thereof. Con...