Hybrid vehicle motor alignment
Abstract
A rotor of an electric motor for a motor vehicle is aligned to an axis of rotation for a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine having an internal combustion engine and an electric motor. A locator is provided on the crankshaft, a piloting tool is located radially by the first locator to the crankshaft. A stator of the electric motor is aligned to a second locator provided on the piloting tool. The stator is secured to the engine block. The rotor is aligned to the crankshaft and secured thereto.
- Inventors:
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- Ann Arbor, MI
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, MO (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 873815
- Patent Number(s):
- 6253437
- Application Number:
- 09/261,400
- Assignee:
- Ford Global Technologies, Inc. (Dearborn, MI)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL B60K - ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL B60L - PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-83CH10093; ZCB-4-13032-02
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- hybrid; vehicle; motor; alignment; rotor; electric; aligned; axis; rotation; crankshaft; internal; combustion; engine; locator; provided; piloting; tool; located; radially; stator; secured; block; thereto; engine block; hybrid vehicle; motor vehicle; internal combustion; electric motor; combustion engine; located radially; secured thereto; vehicle motor; /29/
Citation Formats
Levin, Michael Benjamin. Hybrid vehicle motor alignment. United States: N. p., 2001.
Web.
Levin, Michael Benjamin. Hybrid vehicle motor alignment. United States.
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"Hybrid vehicle motor alignment". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/873815.
@article{osti_873815,
title = {Hybrid vehicle motor alignment},
author = {Levin, Michael Benjamin},
abstractNote = {A rotor of an electric motor for a motor vehicle is aligned to an axis of rotation for a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine having an internal combustion engine and an electric motor. A locator is provided on the crankshaft, a piloting tool is located radially by the first locator to the crankshaft. A stator of the electric motor is aligned to a second locator provided on the piloting tool. The stator is secured to the engine block. The rotor is aligned to the crankshaft and secured thereto.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {2001},
month = {7}
}
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