# US 12,184,156 B2 · Rotor cooling structure for induction motor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,184,156 B2 - Document ID: US12184156B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/845,802 - Filed: 2022-06-21 - Published: 2023-06-01 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2021-11-30 - Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation; Iucf-Hyu (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University) - Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation; IUCF-HYU (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University) - Inventors: Jin Ho Choi; Jong Seok Lee; Sang Jin Park; Sung Woo Hwang; Jae Hyun Kim; Myung Seop Lim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12184156B2 ## CPC - H02K 9/06: with fans or impellers driven by the machine shaft - H02K 9/19: for machines with closed casing and closed-circuit cooling using a liquid cooling medium, e.g. oil - H02K 1/32: with channels or ducts for flow of cooling medium - H02K 17/16: having rotors with internally short-circuited windings, e.g. cage rotors - H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53}) ## Abstract A rotor cooling structure includes a turbine blower structure provided on first and second sides of a rotor for an induction motor; a refrigerant passage including a plurality of refrigerant passage inlet openings provided on a bottom surface of the turbine blower structure and a plurality of refrigerant passage outlet openings provided at an axial center of the rotor, which fluidically communicates with the refrigerant passage inlet openings and the refrigerant passage outlet openings and is provided along conductor bars of the rotor; and a plurality of micro groove patterns that hold the refrigerant passage outlet openings and are provided on both axial sides of the rotor on an external periphery of the rotor. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A rotor cooling structure comprising: a turbine blower structure provided on first and second sides of a rotor for an induction motor; a refrigerant passage provided along conductor bars of the rotor and including: a plurality of refrigerant passage inlet openings provided on a bottom surface of the turbine blower structure; a plurality of refrigerant passage outlet openings provided at an axial center of the rotor; and a plurality of internal refrigerant passages fluidically connecting the refrigerant passage inlet openings and the refrigerant passage outlet openings; and a plurality of groove patterns that holds the refrigerant passage outlet openings therein and is provided on first and second axial sides of the rotor on an external periphery of the rotor, wherein the refrigerant passage inlet openings fluidically communicate to through-holes formed in a bottom surface of a turbine blower and the refrigerant passage outlet openings runs toward an air gap between the rotor and a stator of the induction motor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The rotor cooling structure of claim 1, wherein the turbine blower structure is provided on a radial internal side of an end-ring connecting the conductor bars, and provides a flow from an internal periphery of the turbine blower structure toward an external periphery of the turbine blower structure and from the outside of the first and second sides of the rotor toward the first and second sides of the rotor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The rotor cooling structure of claim 2, wherein the turbine blower structure is formed integrally with the radial internal side of the end-ring. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The rotor cooling structure of claim 1, wherein the refrigerant passage outlet openings are provided farther from a center axis of the rotor than the refrigerant passage inlet openings. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The rotor cooling structure of claim 4, wherein the internal refrigerant passages of the refrigerant passage have a slope having a predetermined angle toward the axial center as the internal refrigerant passages extend from the refrigerant passage inlet openings toward the refrigerant passage outlet openings. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The rotor cooling structure of claim 4, wherein the refrigerant passage outlet openings are formed along a central periphery on an external surface of the turbine blower structure and the refrigerant passage inlet openings are aligned symmetric with respect to the central periphery in a center axis of the rotor. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The rotor cooling structure of claim 1, wherein a flow pressure provided based on a rotation speed of the rotor by the turbine blower structure is higher than a flow pressure provided based on a rotation speed of the rotor by the groove patterns. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The rotor coil cooling structure of claim 1, wherein the refrigerant passage is formed by a groove formed on an external side of the conductor bars. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The induction motor comprising the rotor cooling structure of claim 1, further including an oil mist supply device on an external side of the turbine blower structure. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The induction motor of claim 9, wherein an amount of oil mist supply is controlled based on a heat generation status of the induction motor and a rotation speed of the rotor. ### Claim 11 A rotor cooling structure comprising: a turbine blower structure provided on first and second sides of a rotor for an induction motor; a refrigerant passage provided along conductor bars of the rotor and including: a plurality of refrigerant passage inlet openings provided on a bottom surface of the turbine blower structure; a plurality of refrigerant passage outlet openings provided at an axial center of the rotor; and a plurality of internal refrigerant passages fluidically connecting the refrigerant passage inlet openings and the refrigerant passage outlet openings; and a plurality of groove patterns that holds the refrigerant passage outlet openings therein and is provided on first and second axial sides of the rotor on an external periphery of the rotor, wherein the groove patterns are chevron patterns, each with a pointed portion holding the refrigerant passage outlet openings therein, and wherein the groove patterns are formed in a zig-zag manner on the first and second sides of the rotor with respect to an axial central cross-section of the rotor. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The rotor cooling structure of claim 11, wherein, along a circumference of the rotor, a first width of the chevron patterns on the first side is narrower than a second width of the chevron patterns on the second side, to generate dynamic pressure by the rotation of the rotor. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The rotor cooling structure of claim 11, wherein the chevron patterns have a groove depth of predetermined tens or hundreds of micrometers. ### Claim 14 A rotor cooling structure comprising: a turbine blower structure provided on first and second sides of a rotor for an induction motor; a refrigerant passage provided along conductor bars of the rotor and including: a plurality of refrigerant passage inlet openings provided on a bottom surface of the turbine blower structure; a plurality of refrigerant passage outlet openings provided at an axial center of the rotor; and a plurality of internal refrigerant passages fluidically connecting the refrigerant passage inlet openings and the refrigerant passage outlet openings; and a plurality of groove patterns that holds the refrigerant passage outlet openings therein and is provided on first and second axial sides of the rotor on an external periphery of the rotor, wherein the refrigerant passage is provided to penetrate the conductor bars. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The rotor coil cooling structure of claim 14, wherein grooves including a predetermined pitch are formed on an internal periphery of the refrigerant passage.