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Granted Patent B2
US 12,418,206 · App. 17/908,242 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Stator core, motor, power assembly, automobile and vehicle

Inventors: Yin Wang (Ningbo, CN); Zhanglu Xu (Ningbo, CN); Zhen Wang (Ningbo, CN); Liang Fang (Ningbo, CN); Tao Han (Ningbo, CN); Yanjun Tan (Ningbo, CN); Xiaozhe Lin (Ningbo, CN); Ruiping Wang (Ningbo, CN); Ingo Scholten (Ningbo, CN)
Assignee: WUXI INFIMOTION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
H02K1/20H02K3/24
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Patent No.
US 12,418,206
App. No.
17/908,242
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A stator core, a motor, a power assembly, an automobile and a vehicle are provided. The motor includes: a casing; a stator core fixed in the casing, and a slit flow channel is formed between an outer side wall of the stator core and an inner side wall of the casing, and the slit flow channel is provided as a network-shaped cooling flow channel for cooling fluid to flow; a stator winding mounted on the stator core; and a rotor rotatably sleeved on an inner side of the stator core. A flow path of the cooling fluid in the network-shaped cooling channel is also network-shaped, and a flow form of the cooling fluid in the network-shaped path is turbulent.

Claims (49)

1. A motor comprising:

a casing;

a stator core fixed in the casing, wherein a slit flow channel is formed between an outer side wall of the stator core and an inner side wall of the casing, and the slit flow channel is provided as a network-shaped cooling flow channel for a cooling fluid to flow;

a stator winding mounted on the stator core;

and a rotor rotatably sleeved on an inner side of the stator core, wherein the stator core comprises a plurality of core assemblies mutually stacked along an axial direction of the stator core; on an outer peripheral surface of each of the core assemblies that forms the outer side wall of the stator core, each of the core assemblies is provided with a plurality of heat dissipation protrusions spaced apart along a circumferential direction of the core assembly, and the heat dissipation protrusions of adjacent core assemblies are staggeredly arranged along a circumferential direction of the stator core, to form the network-shaped cooling flow channel;

number and distribution form of the heat dissipation protrusions on the plurality of the core assemblies are same, each of the core assemblies is provided with a plurality of heat dissipation groups, and each of the heat dissipation groups comprises at least one of the heat dissipation protrusions;

on each of the core assemblies, a circumferential spacing between adjacent heat dissipation groups is larger than a circumferential spacing between adjacent heat dissipation protrusions in each heat dissipation group; and

the circumferential spacing between adjacent heat dissipation groups on each of the plurality of core assemblies have identical alignment with the heat dissipation group on an adjacent core assembly, and a length of the circumferential spacing between the adjacent heat dissipation groups on each of the plurality of core assemblies is larger than a length of the heat dissipation group on the adjacent core assembly in the circumferential direction.

2. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein

the inner side wall of the casing is provided with a plurality of heat dissipation protrusions; the plurality of heat dissipation protrusions are staggeredly arranged in a network-shaped form, so that the slit flow channel is divided into the network-shaped cooling flow channel.

3. The motor according to claim 2 , wherein

the casing is further provided with an input channel and at least one input hole communicated with the input channel, wherein the input channel is located radially outward of the network-shaped cooling flow channel and is communicated with the network-shaped cooling flow channel through the at least one input hole for inputting the cooling fluid into the network-shaped cooling flow channel;

the casing is further provided with an output channel and at least one first output hole communicated with the output channel, wherein the output channel is located radially outward of the network-shaped cooling flow channel and is communicated with the network-shaped cooling flow channel through the at least one first output hole for outputting the cooling fluid discharged from the network-shaped cooling flow channel.

4. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein

at least part of the heat dissipation protrusions on the outer side wall of the stator core abut against the inner side wall of the casing, so that the stator core and the casing are in interference fit.

5. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein

the core assembly is formed by stacking a plurality of stator punching sheets, each stator punching sheet is provided with a plurality of heat dissipation teeth, and the heat dissipation teeth corresponding to the plurality of stator punching sheets are stacked to form the heat dissipation protrusions.

6. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein

the stator core is provided with a plurality of cogging grooves for mounting the stator winding along the circumferential direction of the stator core, and the number of the cogging grooves is an integer multiple of the number of the heat dissipation groups of each core assembly.

7. The motor according to claim 6 , wherein

each of the heat dissipation groups comprises a plurality of heat dissipation posts provided at intervals along the circumferential direction of the core assembly;

in each of the heat dissipation groups, one of the heat dissipation protrusions is provided as a positioning protrusion, the positioning protrusion has a shape different from shapes of other heat dissipation protrusions.

8. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein

two end portions of the stator winding protruding from the stator core are defined as end windings;

the casing is provided with an open end, and the motor further comprises an end cap provided at the open end, wherein the end cap is provided with a first heat dissipation groove, and the first heat dissipation groove is communicated with the network-shaped cooling flow channel; a bottom wall of the first heat dissipation groove corresponding to an end winding is provided with a first waterfall-spray slit for spraying the cooling fluid to the end winding corresponding to the first waterfall-spray slit;

the end cap is further provided with a second output hole, and the second output hole is configured to be communicated with an external cooling flow path for discharging the cooling fluid flowing through the end winding corresponding to the first waterfall-spray slit into the external cooling flow path.

9. The motor according to claim 8 , wherein the number of the open end is one, and the motor further comprises a waterfall-spray heat dissipation ring sleeved in the casing and located at one end of the casing away from the open end;

the waterfall-spray heat dissipation ring is provided with a second heat dissipation groove communicated with the network-shaped cooling flow channel; a bottom wall of the second heat dissipation groove corresponding to an end winding is provided with a second waterfall-spray slit for spraying the cooling fluid to the end winding corresponding to the second heat dissipation groove;

the casing is further provided with a third output hole configured to be communicated with the external cooling flow path for discharging the cooling fluid flowing through the end winding corresponding to the second waterfall-spray slit into the external cooling flow path.

10. The motor according to claim 9 , wherein

the number of the first waterfall-spray slit is one, and the first waterfall-spray slit is provided at a top of the end cap and extends along a circumferential direction of the end cap, and a radian of the first waterfall-spray slit is in a range of 40° to 180°; or, a plurality of first waterfall-spray slits are provided, and the plurality of first waterfall-spray slits are provided at intervals along the circumferential direction of the end cap; or, the number of the first waterfall-spray slit is one, and the first waterfall-spray slit surrounds the end cap along the circumferential direction of the end cap; and

the number of the second waterfall-spray slit is one, the second waterfall-spray slit is provided at a top of the waterfall-spray heat dissipation ring and extends along a circumferential direction of the waterfall-spray heat dissipation ring, and a radian of the second waterfall-spray slit is in the range of 40° to 180°; or, a plurality of second waterfall-spray slits are provided, and the plurality of second waterfall-spray slits are provided at intervals along the circumferential direction of the waterfall-spray heat dissipation ring; or, the number of the second waterfall-spray slit is one, and the second waterfall-spray slit surrounds the waterfall-spray heat dissipation ring along the circumferential direction of the waterfall-spray heat dissipation ring.

11. A power assembly comprising the motor according to claim 1 .

12. An automobile comprising the power assembly according to claim 11 .

13. A stator core, wherein

the stator core comprises a plurality of core assemblies mutually stacked along an axial direction of the stator core; on an outer peripheral surface of each of the core assemblies that forms an outer side wall of the stator core, each of the core assemblies is provided with a plurality of heat dissipation protrusions spaced apart along a circumferential direction of the core assembly, and the heat dissipation protrusions of adjacent core assemblies are staggeredly arranged along a circumferential direction of the stator core, to form a slit flow channel in a network shape;

number and distribution form of the heat dissipation protrusions on the plurality of the core assemblies are same, each of the core assemblies is provided with a plurality of heat dissipation groups, and each of the heat dissipation groups comprises at least one of the heat dissipation protrusions; and

on each of the core assemblies, a circumferential spacing between adjacent heat dissipation groups is larger than a circumferential spacing between adjacent heat dissipation protrusions in each heat dissipation group; and

the circumferential spacing between adjacent heat dissipation groups on each of the plurality of core assemblies have identical alignment with the heat dissipation group on an adjacent core assembly, and a length of the circumferential spacing between the adjacent heat dissipation groups on each of the plurality of core assemblies is larger than a length of the heat dissipation group on the adjacent core assembly in the circumferential direction.

14. A motor comprising:

a stator core and a housing;

the stator core is formed by mutually stacking a plurality of annular core punching sheets;

wherein the core punching sheets comprise a first core punching sheet, a second core punching sheet, and a third core punching sheet, and the stator core is formed by mutually staggeredly stacking the first core punching sheet, the second core punching sheet and the third core punching sheet, the second core punching sheet is arranged between the first core punching sheet and the third core punching sheet; the housing is wrapped around an outer periphery of the stator core, and the housing and the outer periphery of the stator core are mutually fitted to form a flow channel;

the outer peripheral surface of the second core punching sheet has a smooth structure;

each of the first core punching sheet and the third core punching sheet is provided with a plurality of heat dissipation protrusions spaced apart along a circumferential direction of the core punching sheet;

number and distribution form of the heat dissipation protrusions on the first core punching sheet is the same as number and distribution form of the heat dissipation protrusions on the third core punching sheet, each of the first core punching sheet and the third core punching sheet is provided with a plurality of heat dissipation groups, and each of the heat dissipation groups comprises at least one of the heat dissipation protrusions;

on each of the first core punching sheet and the third core punching sheet, a circumferential spacing between adjacent heat dissipation groups is larger than a circumferential spacing between adjacent heat dissipation protrusions in each heat dissipation group; and

the circumferential spacing between adjacent heat dissipation groups on the first core punching sheet have identical alignment with the heat dissipation group on the third core punching sheet, and a length of the circumferential spacing between the adjacent heat dissipation groups on the first core punching sheet is larger than a length of the heat dissipation group on the third core punching sheet in the circumferential direction.

15. A vehicle comprising the motor according to claim 14 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2024
From: ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD.; WUXI INFIMOTION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: WUXI INFIMOTION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068206/0747 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2022
From: WANG, YIN; XU, ZHANGLU; WANG, ZHEN; FANG, LIANG; HAN, TAO; TAN, YANJUN; LIN, XIAOZHE; WANG, RUIPING; SCHOLTEN, INGO
To: ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD.; WUXI INFIMOTION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060961/0439 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 202121285519.0 · Jun 9, 2021 · national
CN 202111657979.6 · Dec 30, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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