An axial flux motor is provided and includes a shaft, at least one rotor connected to the shaft, and a stator. The stator includes a stator core and an electrically conductive wire. The stator core is segmented and ring-shaped and includes a central opening through which the shaft extends to the at least one rotor. The stator core includes a hybrid segment. The hybrid segment includes soft magnetic composite material components and laminated layered blocks. The laminated layered blocks include two inclined laminated layered blocks, where a distance between the two inclined laminated layered blocks increases radially along a radially extending centerline of the hybrid segment. The electrically conductive wire wound on the hybrid segment.

An axial flux motor is provided and includes a shaft, at least one rotor connected to the shaft, and a stator. The stator includes a stator core and an electrically conductive wire. The stator core is segmented and ring-shaped and includes a central opening through which the shaft extends to the at least one rotor. The stator core includes a hybrid segment. The hybrid segment includes soft magnetic composite material components and laminated layered blocks. The laminated layered blocks include two inclined laminated layered blocks, where a distance between the two inclined laminated layered blocks increases radially along a radially extending centerline of the hybrid segment. The electrically conductive wire wound on the hybrid segment.

An electric machine includes a housing, a rotor rotatably mounted to the housing, and a stator mounted to the housing about the rotor. The stator includes a stator body formed from a plurality of laminations. The plurality of laminations include an outer annular surface defining a radius, an inner annular surface spaced from the rotor, and a plurality of radially inwardly extending stator teeth spaced one from another by plurality of gaps. Each of the plurality of gaps extend along the radius and include an opening exposed at the inner annular surface. The opening has a first side portion and a second side portion each extending at an angle relative to the radius.

An electric machine includes a housing, a rotor rotatably mounted to the housing, and a stator mounted to the housing about the rotor. The stator includes a stator body formed from a plurality of laminations. The plurality of laminations include an outer annular surface defining a radius, an inner annular surface spaced from the rotor, and a plurality of radially inwardly extending stator teeth spaced one from another by plurality of gaps. Each of the plurality of gaps extend along the radius and include an opening exposed at the inner annular surface. The opening has a first side portion and a second side portion each extending at an angle relative to the radius.

A stator and a motor including a stator. The stator includes a stator hub, a plurality of stator teeth extending from the stator hub that define a stator slot having a stator slot base, at least one winding disposed in the stator slot, and one or more oscillating heat pipes disposed at least partially in the at least one winding. The at least one winding is held apart from the stator slot base so that a cooling channel is defined between an inner winding portion of the at least one winding and a portion of the one or more oscillating heat pipes is disposed in the channel so cooling fluid can be passed between the stator slot base and the inner winding portion to cool the inner winding portion via at least operation of the one or more oscillating heat pipes.

A stator and a motor including a stator. The stator includes a stator hub, a plurality of stator teeth extending from the stator hub that define a stator slot having a stator slot base, at least one winding disposed in the stator slot, and one or more oscillating heat pipes disposed at least partially in the at least one winding. The at least one winding is held apart from the stator slot base so that a cooling channel is defined between an inner winding portion of the at least one winding and a portion of the one or more oscillating heat pipes is disposed in the channel so cooling fluid can be passed between the stator slot base and the inner winding portion to cool the inner winding portion via at least operation of the one or more oscillating heat pipes.

A vehicle includes a battery, an electric machine, a thermistor, and a controller. The electric machine is configured to draw electrical power from the battery to propel the vehicle. The electric machine has a rotor and a stator. The stator has a core defining a plurality of slots and windings arranged within the slots. The thermistor is disposed within a first of the slots between first and second axial ends of the core and is configured to measure a temperature of the electric machine. The controller is programmed to control a power output of the electric machine based on the temperature of the electric machine.

A vehicle includes a battery, an electric machine, a thermistor, and a controller. The electric machine is configured to draw electrical power from the battery to propel the vehicle. The electric machine has a rotor and a stator. The stator has a core defining a plurality of slots and windings arranged within the slots. The thermistor is disposed within a first of the slots between first and second axial ends of the core and is configured to measure a temperature of the electric machine. The controller is programmed to control a power output of the electric machine based on the temperature of the electric machine.

A rotary electric machine comprises a two-pole rotor, a three-phase armature winding, and a stator core having fifty-four slots. An armature winding is stored as a top coil piece and a bottom coil piece in two layers in the slot of the stator core and has three parallel circuits and two phase belts per one phase. Each phase belt includes two parallel circuits. When a sequence of the first and second parallel circuits of one phase belt is viewed from a side closer to a phase belt center, those parallel circuits are arranged in a sequence of the first, second, first, first, second, first, first, first, and second parallel circuits in the top coil pieces and in a sequence of the first, second, first, first, second, first, first, first, and second parallel circuits in the bottom coil pieces to be connected to the top coil pieces. For a sequence of the second and third parallel circuits of the other the phase belt, those parallel circuits are arranged in a sequence of the third, second, third, third, second, third, third, third, and second parallel circuits in the top coil pieces and in a sequence of the third, second, third, third, second, third, third, third, and second parallel circuits in the bottom coil pieces to be connected to the top coil pieces.

A stator includes a stator core and a stator winding. An inner wall of the stator core is provided with M winding slots, the M winding slots are uniformly disposed in a circumferential direction of the inner wall of the stator core. The stator winding includes flat wire conductors inserted in the winding slots, N layers of flat wire conductors are disposed in any one of the winding slots, and phase units of a first-phase winding, phase units of a second-phase winding, and phase units of a third-phase winding are sequentially and periodically arranged along the inner wall of the stator core. Each phase winding includes P parallel branches. Any one of the parallel branches connects flat wire conductors of M.Math.N/3P layers.