Direct slot cooling system for motors

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12456900-B2
Application number	US-202218050312-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 27, 2022
Priority date	Jul 15, 2021
Publication date	Oct 28, 2025
Grant date	Oct 28, 2025

Abstract

Disclosed is a direct slot cooling system for motors, including a stator configured to expand an inner slot space of a stator core where a coil is wound to form a cooling slot through which a cooling fluid passes; a rotor coupled to a center of the stator to rotate; and a housing coupled to left and right sides of the stator to form a cooling jacket in watertight communication with a cooling slot so that a cooling fluid circulates in the cooling jacket.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A direct slot cooling system for motors, comprising:
a stator configured to expand an inner slot space of a stator core where a coil is wound to form a cooling slot through which a cooling fluid passes;
a rotor coupled to a center of the stator to rotate; and
a housing coupled to left and right sides of the stator to form a cooling jacket in watertight communication with a cooling slot so that a cooling fluid circulates in the cooling jacket,
wherein the cooling slot comprises a central flow path provided between the coils, an inner flow path configured to communicate inside a concentric circle of the central flow path and to flow between a T-shaped extension end and the coil, and an outer flow path configured to communicate outside the concentric circle of the central flow path and to flow between an inner surface of the stator core and the coil.

2. The direct slot cooling system according to claim 1 , wherein, in the stator, a plurality of teeth are radially arranged at equal intervals in an inner direction of a stator core, a stator coil is wound around each of the teeth, a T-shaped extension end extending to left and right sides is formed at an inner end of each of the teeth, and a wedge member is inserted between the T-shaped extension end to seal and water tightly maintain an inside thereof to form a cooling slot.

3. The direct slot cooling system according to claim 2 , wherein, when the stator core is formed by overlapping thin metal plates, coating is performed using a synthetic resin such that a cooling fluid does not leak into a surface where the core is in contact with a passage space where the coil is wound.

4. The direct slot cooling system according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a cross-sectional area of the coil to the slot area is 20% to 80%.

5. The direct slot cooling system according to claim 1 , wherein a shaft is axially coupled to a center of a body of the rotor, magnetics are magnetized around an outer body of the shaft, and opposite ends of a shaft of the rotor are axially coupled to a housing using a bearing.

6. The direct slot cooling system according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is coupled to opposite ends of the stator to form a donut-shaped cooling jacket communicating with the cooling slot of the stator, and the cooling jacket is connected to a cooling oil inlet port.

7. The direct slot cooling system according to claim 6 , wherein a shaft hole through which a shaft passes is formed in a center of a body of the housing, and a bearing receiver in which a bearing is accommodated is formed around the shaft hole.

8. The direct slot cooling system according to claim 7 , wherein the cooling jacket is formed between a first rim and a second rim, wherein the first rim is watertight bonded to an end of a stator core on side of the stator and the second rim is watertight bonded to an extended end on side of the stator.

Assignees

• Kyungpook National Univ Industry—Academic Cooperation Foundation
• Kyungpook Nat Univ Ind Academic Coop Found

Inventors

• Choi Hong Soon
• Park Il Seouk
• Seok Chang Hoon
• Park Jun Beom
• Kim Gui Hwan
• Lee Jong Hui
• Son Jong Hyeon

Classifications

• H02K3/24

  with channels or ducts for cooling medium between the conductors · CPC title

• H02K21/16

  having annular armature cores with salient poles (with homopolar co-operation H02K21/20) · CPC title

• H02K9/197

  in which the rotor or stator space is fluid-tight, e.g. to provide for different cooling media for rotor and stator · CPC title

• H02K7/083

  radially supporting the rotary shaft at both ends of the rotor (H02K7/086, H02K7/09 take precedence) · CPC title

• H02K5/1732

  radially supporting the rotary shaft at both ends of the rotor (H02K5/1737 takes precedence) · CPC title