US Patent Issued to FCA US on May 27 for "Rotor overhang design for direct oil cooling of electric machines" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,205, issued on May 27, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Rotor overhang design for direct oil cooling of electric machines" was invented by Sachin Ganakota (Auburn Hills, Mich.), Shreyas Kapatral (Oakland Township, Mich.), Steven L Hayslett (Troy, Mich.), Brandon R Given (Oakland, Mich.) and Dhafar Al-Ani (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric machine configured to generate and transfer drive torque to a driveline for propulsion of an electric vehicle includes a gearbox assembly, an electric motor having a rotor and a stator having end windings, and a thermal management system. The thermal management...