Aircraft electric motor
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsAbbas A. Alahyari, Joseph Turney, Jagadeesh Kumar Tangudu, Kimberly Rae Saviers
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Abstract
Aircraft electric motors are described. The aircraft electric motors include a motor unit having a rotor and a stator, wherein the stator includes a plurality of windings and cooling channels arranged to provide cooling to the plurality of windings, a drive unit configured to drive operation of the motor unit, and a cooling system having at least one directional feature forming a portion of at least one cooling channel, the at least one directional feature configured to prevent backflow of a cooling fluid that passes through the at least one cooling channel.
Claims20
An aircraft electric motor comprising:
- a motor unit having a rotor and a stator, wherein the stator includes a plurality of windings and cooling channels arranged to provide cooling to the plurality of windings;
- a drive unit configured to drive operation of the motor unit;
- and
- a cooling system comprising:
- at least one directional feature forming a portion of at least one cooling channel, the at least one directional feature configured to prevent backflow of a cooling fluid that passes through the at least one cooling channel.
An aircraft electric motor comprising:
- a motor unit having a rotor and a stator, wherein the stator includes a plurality of windings and cooling channels arranged to provide cooling to the plurality of windings;
- a means for driving operation of the motor unit;
- and
- a cooling system comprising:
- at least one means for supplying cooling fluid to a portion of the stator;
- and
- at least one means for preventing backflow of the cooling fluid within the at least one means for supplying cooling fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.