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Title: Insulation assembly for electric machine

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1176525

An insulation assembly is provided that includes a generally annularly-shaped main body and at least two spaced-apart fingers extending radially inwards from the main body. The spaced-apart fingers define a gap between the fingers. A slot liner may be inserted within the gap. The main body may include a plurality of circumferentially distributed segments. Each one of the plurality of segments may be operatively connected to another of the plurality of segments to form the continuous main body. The slot liner may be formed as a single extruded piece defining a plurality of cavities. A plurality of conductors (extendable from the stator assembly) may be axially inserted within a respective one of the plurality of cavities. The insulation assembly electrically isolates the conductors in the electric motor from the stator stack and from other conductors.

Research Organization:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
EE0002629
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, MI)
Patent Number(s):
8,558,427
Application Number:
13/017,160
OSTI ID:
1176525
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2011 Jan 31
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

Method of fabricating a wound core patent December 1998
Stator for electric motor patent June 2000
Insulator and manufacturing method thereof, and stator for electric rotating machine patent March 2008

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