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Granted Patent B2
US 10,855,135 · App. 16/352,032 · Granted Dec 1, 2020

Cooling unit of drive motor

Inventors: Kyoungbum Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); MyungKyu Jeong (Seoul, KR); GaEun Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); SangHwa Do (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Young Jin Seo (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation
H02K5/20H02K1/20H02K1/32H02K1/325H02K9/16H02K9/19
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Patent No.
US 10,855,135
App. No.
16/352,032
Granted
Dec 1, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cooling unit of a drive motor includes: a fixing member installed on an inner wall surface of a motor housing and configured to fix a stator core of the drive motor, wherein the fixing member has a ring shape, includes a flow path formed therein in order to allow a cooling medium to flow, and includes a cooling medium inlet and a cooling medium outlet formed to be connected to the flow path, the flow path includes a first path connecting the cooling medium inlet and the cooling medium outlet to each other at one side and a second path connecting the cooling medium inlet and the cooling medium outlet to each other at another side, and the first and second paths have different flow cross sections and are connected to each other.

Claims (11)

1. A cooling unit of a drive motor, comprising:

a fixing member installed on an inner wall surface of a motor housing and configured to fix a stator core of the drive motor,

wherein the fixing member has a ring shape, includes a flow path formed therein in order to allow a cooling medium to flow, and includes a cooling medium inlet and a cooling medium outlet formed to be connected to the flow path,

the flow path includes a first path connecting the cooling medium inlet and the cooling medium outlet to each other at one side and a second path connecting the cooling medium inlet and the cooling medium outlet to each other at another side, and the first and second paths have different lengths,

a plurality of through-holes connected to the flow path are formed along an outer circumferential direction of the fixing member in an outer circumferential surface of the fixing member, and cap plugs are installed in the through-holes, and

the cap plugs are inserted into the through-holes at different depths so as to each correspond to the first and second paths.

2. The cooling unit of a drive motor of claim 1 , wherein: the first and second paths have the same flow cross section and are connected to each other.

3. The cooling unit of a drive motor of claim 2 , wherein:

the first path has a length longer than that of the second path.

4. The cooling unit of a drive motor of claim 3 , wherein:

an insertion depth of the cap plugs corresponding to the first path is shallower than that of the cap plugs corresponding to the second path.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2020
From: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054073/0203 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0047095 · Apr 18, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 15264767 · Sep 14, 2016
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