An electrical machine including a rotor and a stator occupying a substantially hollow-cylindrical spatial region, the stator including a stator core with a stator winding and fluid ducts which extend in an axial direction from a first axial side to an opposite second axial side, wherein a fluid-distributing chamber with a coolant inflow is provided on the first axial side, the coolant inflow communicates with the fluid-distributing chamber and the fluid-distributing chamber communicates with the fluid ducts, a fluid-collecting chamber with a coolant outflow is provided on the second axial side, the fluid-collecting chamber communicates with the coolant outflow and the fluid-collecting chamber collects the coolant, the coolant inflow is arranged on the first axial side on a first circumferential side and the coolant outflow is arranged on the second axial side, a bypass duct is provided, and the fluid inlet is arranged on the second axial side.

The present disclosure relates to a drive unit (1) with a housing (2) and an electric motor (3) arranged therein. A transmission (8) is coupled to the electric motor (3). At least one oil chamber (15) is arranged in the housing (2), the oil chamber(s) having an oil zone (21) and an air zone (22), where the air zone (22) is flow-connected by way of an inlet opening (36) to a venting channel (35) that leads to a vent (32) such that the inlet opening (36) is arranged in a central area (40) of the housing (2) of the drive unit (1).

A gyroscopic roll stabilizer includes an enclosure, a flywheel assembly, and a motor. The enclosure is mounted to a gimbal for rotation about a gimbal axis and configured to maintain a below-ambient pressure. The flywheel assembly is rotatably mounted inside the enclosure for rotation about a flywheel axis. The flywheel assembly includes a flywheel and flywheel shaft. The flywheel shaft has a first end and an opposite second end; a first cavity formed in the first end and facing away from the second end; and a second cavity formed in the second end and facing away from the first end. The flywheel shaft has a longitudinal passage connecting the first cavity and the second cavity. This longitudinal passage may be used for inspection of one of the cavities and/or an associated seal, from the direction of the other cavity. Related methods are also disclosed.

A motor stator includes a plurality of stacked annular stator laminates defining a stator core having an inner circumference, an outer circumference, a plurality of stator teeth on the inner circumference, and a plurality of ears extending outward from the outer circumference with a respective bolt hole defined in each ear. A first set of the stator laminates includes a plurality of coolant openings therethrough, wherein the coolant openings of adjacent stator laminates communicate with one another in order to define cooling channels inside the stator core. A second set of the stator laminates each include one or more generally radially extending first openings therethrough, wherein the first openings of adjacent stator laminates communicate with one another to define one or more first radial channel segments inside the stator core for providing radial coolant flow between one or more bolt holes and one or more cooling channels.

A modular fan cover assembly for inclusion on an electric motor is selectively configurable for degrees of reduced noise operation. The modular fan cover assembly includes a plurality of cooperating components arranged to direct fluid communication through the assembly. The components may include, for example, a fan cover defining a fan chamber for enclosing the fan, an inlet cover including an inlet chamber and a plurality of inlet apertures, and a silencing insert selectively includable with the fan cover assembly that may include one or more silencing features. The selective combination of the components can redirect airflow through various turns or bend in the modular fan cover assembly to trap or suppress noise propagating from the electric motor. The modular fan cover assembly may be operatively equipped with a blower assembly.

Methods and systems for cooling an electric motor are provided. An electric motor cooling system, in one example, includes a stator with a first end winding on a first axial side, potting material at least partially enclosing the first end winding, and a plurality of coolant passages adjacent to the stator, where at least a portion of the plurality of coolant passages are adjacent to the potting material. The electric motor cooling system also includes a coolant passage housing including a plurality of fins defining a portion of the boundaries of the plurality of coolant passages and in face sharing contact with an outer surface of the stator.

An electric motor includes a rotor mounted on a shaft, a stator arranged around the rotor, and front and rear bearings connected to each other by an attachment component. The front and rear bearings form an internal cavity housing the rotor and the stator, characterized in that the electric motor further includes a bell-shaped thermal insulation cover completely covering the rear bearing and a portion of the front bearing, extending axially from an end face of the front bearing, the thermal insulation cover forming, with the front bearing, at least one inner fluid circulation channel inside which a coolant flows.

Stator housing for an electrical machine having an inlet and outlet for a cooling fluid, and a cooling duct formed between the inlet and the outlet through which the cooling fluid flows in a direction from the inlet to the outlet, is disclosed. The cooling duct has a first and a second heat transfer arrangement, which each extend along the direction of flow and are designed to transfer heat from the cooling fluid to the stator housing. The first heat transfer arrangement is arranged in a first section of the cooling duct and the second is arranged in a second section that is on the inlet side with respect to the first section. The first heat transfer arrangement in the first section creates a larger heat transfer area for the cooling fluid per unit of length based on the direction of flow than the second in the second section.

A stator arrangement of an electric machine having a substantially cylindrical stator carrier with a radially inner joining surface and with a radially outer joining surface. A lamination stack is arranged at the inner joining surface, and the stator carrier with the outer joining surface is received by an inner joining surface of a housing of the electric machine. A connection between the stator carrier and the housing is carried out with an interference fit, and one of the joining surfaces of the stator carrier and housing, which cooperate with one another, is formed interrupted in circumferential direction.

An example system includes a housing configured to house a portion of an electric machine and a heat transfer material, the heat transfer material is configured to contact a conductor of the portion of the electric machine and to remove heat from the conductor and transfer heat to the housing. The system includes a coolant configured to remove heat from the housing. An inner surface of the housing comprises a plurality of structures configured to increase an inner surface area of the housing, wherein the plurality of structures are configured to contact the heat transfer material.