Inrunner axial compressor
AssigneeZeroAvia, Inc.
InventorJonathan Leopold Nutzati Fontaine
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Abstract
A fuel-cell-powered vehicle includes an electrically-powered turbine assembly having a housing, a rotating shaft, an air compressor comprising a compressor stator fixed to the housing and a compressor rotor fixed to the rotating shaft, an electric motor including an electric motor stator fixed to the compressor stator and an electric motor rotor fixed to the rotating shaft, a turbine including a turbine stator affixed to the housing, a turbine rotor fixed to the rotating shaft, and two or more fuel cells arranged around an outside of the electrically-powered turbine assembly.
Claims20
A fuel-cell-powered vehicle comprising an electrically-powered turbine assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- a rotating shaft;
- an air compressor comprising a compressor stator fixed to the housing and a compressor rotor fixed to the rotating shaft;
- an electric motor including an electric motor stator fixed to the compressor stator, and an electric motor rotor fixed to the rotating shaft;
- a turbine including a turbine stator fixed to the housing, and a turbine rotor fixed to the rotating shaft, and
- one or more filet cells arranged around an outside of the electrically-powered turbine assembly, wherein anode exhaust from the one or more fuel cells is configured to be passed to the turbine.
A fuel-cell-powered vehicle comprising an electrically-powered turbine assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- a rotating shaft;
- an air compressor comprising a compressor stator fixed to the housing and a compressor rotor fixed to the rotating shaft;
- an electric motor including an electric motor stator fixed to the compressor stator, and an electric motor rotor fixed to the rotating shaft;
- a turbine including a turbine stator fixed to the housing, and a turbine rotor fixed to the rotating shaft;
- one or more fuel cells arranged around an outside of the electrically-powered turbine assembly;
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- one or more inverters electrically connected to the electric motors, wherein the one or more inverters include cooling fins extending into the housing and into cooling airflow from the air compressor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.