US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Feb. 24 for "Laminate for stator core with fluid containment feature" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,607, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Laminate for stator core with fluid containment feature" was invented by Akash Changarankumarath Pradeepkumar (Westland, Mich.) and Singar Rathnam (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laminate for a stator core, the laminate includes an annular body defining an inner edge, a plurality of wire slots extending radially outward from the inner edge, and a containment zone disposed radially outward of the plurality of wire slots. The containment zone is configured to contain fluid applied radially outward from the plurality of wir...