US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Oct. 21 for "Electric machine slot liner with enhanced varnish control" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,745, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Electric machine slot liner with enhanced varnish control" was invented by Akash Changarankumarath Pradeepkumar (Westland, Mich.) and Singar Rathnam (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric machine includes a stator core having an outer circumferential surface, an inner circumferential surface, and longitudinal slots recessed into the inner circumferential surface. Each of the slots has first and second radial walls, an outboard circumferential wall extending between the radial walls, an entrance portion having opposing...