IP Library Granted Patent US 12689251
Granted Patent B2
US 12689251 · App. 18/443,546 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Motor cooling structure

Inventors: Dae Wook Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Hyun Ho Park (Suwon-si, KR); Jin Ho Jung (Yongin-si, KR); Hyoung Geun Park (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
H02K1/20H02K2213/03
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12689251
App. No.
18/443,546
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a motor cooling structure including: a motor housing having a hollow cylinder shape; a stator core accommodated in the motor housing, and including a plurality of concentric ring-shaped split cores stacked therein; and a cooling pipe receiving cooling fluid flowing from the outside, and providing cooling fluid to the stator core, wherein the split core includes a plurality of passage parts which are recessed in an outer circumference and through which the cooling fluid flows, and a plurality of press-fit parts protruding from the outer circumference, and the passage parts communicate with each other not to form a straight line when the plurality of split cores are stacked.

Claims (50)

1 . A motor cooling structure comprising:

a motor housing having a hollow cylinder shape;

a stator core accommodated in the motor housing, and including a plurality of concentric ring-shaped split cores stacked therein; and

a cooling pipe configured to receive cooling fluid flowing from the outside, and provide the cooling fluid to the stator core,

wherein the split cores include a plurality of passage parts which are recessed in an outer circumference of the stator core and through which the cooling fluid flows, and a plurality of press-fit parts protruding from the outer circumference,

the passage parts communicate with each other not to form a straight line,

the split cores include:

a first split core, and

a second split core stacked to be in contact with the first split core, the first split core and the second split core are repeatedly stacked, and the first split core has more passage parts than the second split core.

2 . The structure of claim 1 , wherein a total area of the passage parts provided in the first split core is larger than a total area of the passage parts provided in the second split core.

3 . The structure of claim 1 , wherein b<a′, θ<a, N(a+b)=2Π, and N(a′+b′)=2Π (wherein Nis a nonzero natural number),

when the plurality of passage parts of the first split core are disposed at equal intervals with a central angle a,

the plurality of press-fit parts of the first split core are disposed at equal intervals with a central angle b,

the plurality of passage parts of the second split core are disposed at equal intervals with a central angle a′,

the plurality of press-fit parts of the second split core are disposed at equal intervals with a central angle b′, based on a center of the split core, and

the rotation angle is given as θ.

4 . The structure of claim 3 , wherein 2(a+b)=a′+b′.

5 . The structure of claim 3 , wherein a=a′.

6 . The structure of claim 2 , wherein b<a′, θ<a, N(a+b)=2Π, and N(a′+b′)=2Π (wherein N is a nonzero natural number),

when the plurality of passage parts of the first split core are disposed at equal intervals with a central angle a,

the plurality of press-fit parts of the first split core are disposed at equal intervals with a central angle b,

the plurality of passage parts of the second split core are disposed at equal intervals with a central angle a′,

the plurality of press-fit parts of the second split core are disposed at equal intervals with a central angle b′, based on a center of the split core, and

the rotation angle is given as θ.

7 . The structure of claim 6 , wherein 2(a+b)=a′+b′.

8 . The structure of claim 6 , wherein a=a′.

9 . A motor cooling structure comprising:

a motor housing having a hollow cylinder shape;

a stator core accommodated in the motor housing, and including a plurality of concentric ring-shaped split cores stacked therein; and

a cooling pipe configured to receive cooling fluid flowing from the outside, and provide the cooling fluid to the stator core,

wherein the split cores include a plurality of passage parts which are recessed in an outer circumference of the stator core and through which the cooling fluid flows, and a plurality of press-fit parts protruding from the outer circumference,

the passage parts communicate with each other not to form a straight line

wherein the split cores include:

a first split core,

a second split core stacked below the first split core, and

a third split core stacked below the second split core, and

in at least one of the first split core, the second split core, and the third split core, a first press-fit part, in which a central angle of the press-fit part is b′, and a second press-fit part, in which a central angle of the press-fit part is d greater than b′, are disposed alternately with each other based on a center of the split core.

10 . The structure of claim 9 , wherein b′<a, b″<2a+b′, 2a+b′≥b, b<5a+2b′, N(a+b)=2Π, and N(a′+b′)=2Π, N(2a″+b″+d)=2Π (wherein N is a nonzero natural number),

when the plurality of passage parts of the first split core are disposed at equal intervals with the central angle a,

the plurality of press-fit parts of the first split core are disposed at equal intervals with the central angle b,

the plurality of passage parts of the second split core are disposed at equal intervals with the central angle a′,

the first press-fit part with the central angle of b′ and the second press-fit part with the central angle of d greater than b′ are disposed alternately with each other,

the plurality of passage parts of the third split core are disposed at equal intervals with a central angle a″, and

the plurality of press-fit parts are disposed at equal intervals with a central angle b″, based on the center of the split core.

11 . The structure of claim 10 , wherein b″=(b−a)/2.

12 . The structure of claim 11 , wherein a=a′=a″.

13 . The structure of claim 10 , wherein a=a′=a″.

14 . The structure of claim 9 , wherein the first split core, the second split core, the third split core, the second split core, and the first split core are sequentially stacked to form a set of the split core, and the sets of the split core are repeatedly stacked.

15 . The structure of claim 1 , wherein the stator core and the motor housing are fixed with each other by fitting the motor housing with the press-fit parts.

16 . The structure of claim 9 , wherein the stator core and the motor housing are fixed with each other by fitting the motor housing with the press-fit parts.