A drive device includes a motor and an inverter. A motor axis is parallel to an output axis. The inverter is located in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction with respect to the motor axis and extends in a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions. When viewed from the first direction, a virtual straight line passing through the axes extends in the third direction. An inverter housing portion overlaps the axes when viewed from the second direction, and has a boundary wall on the virtual straight line side in the second direction. In the second direction, a distance between the boundary wall and the output axis is smaller than a distance between the boundary wall and the motor axis. A motor side connection portion has a portion closer to the side opposite to the output axis than the motor axis in the third direction.

An electric motor including a stator between a first and second rotor. The stator and the rotors are mounted to non-rotating shaft. The stator includes a plurality of windings and the first and second rotors include a plurality of magnets on a side thereof facing the stator. An opening internal to the electric motor is to provide cables and cooling to the stator. A hub is secured to opposite side of the first rotor as the plurality of magnets and rotates with rotation of the rotors. The hub includes a plurality of bolts extending therefrom to mount a rim thereto by placing the bolts through aligned holes in the rim. The motor is mounted in each wheel assembly of an electric automobile so that each wheel thereof is controlled by its own motor.

An EC motor with a stator and a rotor mounted to a shaft. The motor has a cooling system, an over molded stator housing, and an optimized rotor. The stator has teeth with wound electromagnetic coils. The teeth and coils are distributed circumferentially with gaps between adjacent coils. The stator is over molded with plastic that forms axially oriented cooling passages between adjacent coil sections. An impeller fan then draws air into the motor through air inlets connected to air passages. The impeller fan directs the air through the axially oriented cooling passages in the stator and out air outlets. An optimized internal rotor has permanent magnets and silicon steel laminates spaced circumferentially and extending outwardly from a central hub. Rectangular shaped magnets are interposed in the gaps between the laminates. Wedge-shaped magnets are aligned radially with the laminates and between the laminates and the hub.

A motor assembly having a rotational axis includes a motor housing comprising a plurality of cooling openings extending therethrough and defining a chamber. The motor assembly also includes a stator fixedly coupled to the motor housing and positioned within the chamber. A rotor is coupled to at least one of the motor housing and the stator, wherein the rotor is configured to rotate about the axis and is positioned within the chamber. The motor assembly includes a fan having a first inlet side on a first axial side of the fan and a second inlet side on a second, opposing, axial side of the fan. The fan is configured to draw cooling air in a first direction through the at least one cooling opening into the first inlet side, and the fan is also configured to draw cooling air in a second, opposite direction into the second inlet side.

A rotation device includes a rotor; an inlet flow passage that guides a cooling medium toward the outside in a radial direction of the rotor; an axial flow passage that is connected to the inlet flow passage and guides the cooling medium along a rotation axis of the rotor; and an outlet flow passage that is connected to the axial flow passage and guides the cooling medium toward the inside in the radial direction of the rotor. In addition, an outlet of the outlet flow passage is provided on the outside in the radial direction of an inlet of the inlet flow passage in the rotor.

A rotation device includes a rotor; an inlet flow passage that guides a cooling medium toward the outside in a radial direction of the rotor; an axial flow passage that is connected to the inlet flow passage and guides the cooling medium along a rotation axis of the rotor; and an outlet flow passage that is connected to the axial flow passage and guides the cooling medium toward the inside in the radial direction of the rotor. In addition, an outlet of the outlet flow passage is provided on the outside in the radial direction of an inlet of the inlet flow passage in the rotor.

A rotor shaft for an electric machine includes a rotor shaft main body and a rotor shaft core which is arranged therein and which is connected to the rotor shaft main body. The rotor shaft comprises a substantially axially running cooling cavity configured to conduct a cooling fluid, and the rotor shaft core is composed of a different material than the rotor shaft main body.

An electric motor includes a housing, a shaft, a rotor, a stator, and at least one coolant supply channel. The shaft is rotatably mounted within the housing and has a longitudinal axis. The rotor is fixed to the shaft for rotation therewith. The stator is spaced apart from the rotor along the longitudinal axis of the shaft to yield at least one air gap between the stator and the rotor. The at least one coolant supply channel extends through at least one of the shaft and the stator and is configured to supply coolant flow to the at least one air gap.

This disclosure relates to a compressor having a shaft, wherein the shaft is hollow to define a fluid passage extending along the shaft and a motor arranged along the shaft. A motor cooling line is configured to convey a cooling fluid to the motor, wherein the motor cooling line is fluidly connected to the fluid passage. The compressor may be a refrigerant compressor used in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) chiller system.

This disclosure relates to a compressor having a shaft, wherein the shaft is hollow to define a fluid passage extending along the shaft and a motor arranged along the shaft. A motor cooling line is configured to convey a cooling fluid to the motor, wherein the motor cooling line is fluidly connected to the fluid passage. The compressor may be a refrigerant compressor used in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) chiller system.