ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,572, issued on March 11, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).
"Cooling arrangement for electric machines" was invented by Ronald D. Bremner (Cedar Falls, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric machine for a work vehicle including a housing, a stator assembly positioned inside the housing, and a rotor assembly rotatably connected to the housing via a bearing. The rotor assembly is positioned to form an air gap between the stator assembly and the rotor assembly. A front air dam is positioned at a first end of the housing and adjacent to the air gap. The front air dam includes an external barrier, an internal barrie...