US Patent Issued to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on July 15 for "Stator with serpentine coolant path on the outer surface" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,607, issued on July 15, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Stator with serpentine coolant path on the outer surface" was invented by Franco Leonardi (Dearborn Heights, Mich.) and Michael W. Degner (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric machine for an electrified vehicle includes a stator core configured to receive a plurality of windings. The stator core including a plurality of interchangeable stacked laminations arranged in sub-stacks. The sub-stacks having an outer diameter surface divided into circumferential quadrants, each quadrant having a cutout extending inwardly at a predetermi...