COOLING A STATOR HOUSING OF AN ELECTRIC MACHINE

    公开(公告)号:US20220069672A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17390009

    申请日:2021-07-30

    Abstract: An electric motor may include a stator assembly comprising a stator housing, and one or more rotors coupled to the stator by a rotor shaft assembly. The stator housing may include a cooling structure that has a plurality of cooling body portions and a plurality of cooling conduits defined by the plurality of cooling body portions. A method of forming a stator housing for an electric machine may include additively manufacturing a stator housing that includes a cooling structure defining a fluid domain, coupling a working fluid source to the stator housing and introducing a working fluid into the fluid domain defined by the cooling structure, and sealing the cooling structure with the working fluid contained within the fluid domain of the cooling structure. A method of cooling an electric machine may include heating the working fluid in the fluid domain and flowing the working fluid through the fluid domain, and transferring heat from the cooling structure to a cooling fluid flowing along one or more cooling surfaces contacting a surface of the electric machine.

    Conformal heat pipe assemblies
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    公开(公告)号:US11122715B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-14

    申请号:US16203161

    申请日:2018-11-28

    Abstract: A heat pipe assembly includes walls having porous wick linings, an insulating layer coupled with at least one of the walls, and an interior chamber sealed by the walls. The linings hold a liquid phase of a working fluid in the interior chamber. The insulating layer is directly against a conductive component of an electromagnetic power conversion device such that heat from the conductive component vaporizes the working fluid in the porous wick lining of the at least one wall and the working fluid condenses at or within the porous wick lining of at least one other wall to cool the conductive component of the electromagnetic power conversion device. The assembly can be placed in direct contact with the device while the device is operating and/or experiencing time-varying magnetic fields that cause the device to operate.

    System and Method for Cooling a Leading Edge of a High Speed Vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US20210147088A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-20

    申请号:US16685563

    申请日:2019-11-15

    Abstract: A hypersonic aircraft includes one or more leading edge assemblies that are designed to cool the leading edge of certain portions of the hypersonic aircraft that are exposed to high thermal loads, such as extremely high temperatures and/or thermal gradients. Specifically, the leading edge assemblies may include an outer wall tapered to a leading edge or stagnation point. A coolant supply may be in fluid communication with at least one fluid passageway that passes through the outer wall to deliver a flow of cooling fluid to the stagnation point. In addition, a nose cover is positioned at least partially over or within the at least one fluid passageway and is formed from a material that ablates or melts when the leading edge is exposed to a predetermined critical temperature, the nose cover being configured for restricting the flow of coolant until the nose cover is ablated or melted away.

    ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED STRUCTURES FOR THERMAL AND/OR MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE STRUCTURES

    公开(公告)号:US20200333084A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-22

    申请号:US16923080

    申请日:2020-07-08

    Abstract: A cooling assembly includes walls extending around and defining an enclosed vapor chamber that holds a working fluid. An interior porous wick structure is disposed inside the chamber and lines interior surfaces of the walls. The wick structure includes pores that hold a liquid phase of the working fluid. The cooling assembly also includes an exterior porous wick structure lining exterior surfaces of the walls outside of the vapor chamber. The exterior wick structure includes pores that hold a liquid phase of a cooling fluid outside the vapor chamber. The interior wick structure holds the liquid working fluid until heat from an external heat source vaporizes the working fluid inside the vapor chamber. The exterior wick structure holds the liquid fluid outside the vapor chamber until heat from inside the vapor chamber vaporizes the liquid cooling fluid in the exterior wick structure for transferring heat away from the heat source.

    ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED STRUCTURES FOR THERMAL AND/OR MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE STRUCTURES

    公开(公告)号:US20190249929A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-15

    申请号:US16034050

    申请日:2018-07-12

    Abstract: A cooling assembly includes walls extending around and defining an enclosed vapor chamber that holds a working fluid. An interior porous wick structure is disposed inside the chamber and lines interior surfaces of the walls. The wick structure includes pores that hold a liquid phase of the working fluid. The cooling assembly also includes an exterior porous wick structure lining exterior surfaces of the walls outside of the vapor chamber. The exterior wick structure includes pores that hold a liquid phase of a cooling fluid outside the vapor chamber. The interior wick structure holds the liquid working fluid until heat from an external heat source vaporizes the working fluid inside the vapor chamber. The exterior wick structure holds the liquid fluid outside the vapor chamber until heat from inside the vapor chamber vaporizes the liquid cooling fluid in the exterior wick structure for transferring heat away from the heat source.

    Circuit card cartridge for an electronic system

    公开(公告)号:US09974157B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-15

    申请号:US15237054

    申请日:2016-08-15

    Abstract: An electronic system includes a chassis. The chassis includes a first endwall, a second endwall, and a sidewall. The electronic system also includes at least one circuit card cartridge coupled to the chassis. The at least one circuit card cartridge is positioned between the first endwall and the second endwall. The at least one circuit card cartridge includes a printed circuit board including a first surface and at least one electronic component. The at least one electronic component is mounted on the first surface. The at least one circuit card cartridge further includes at least one heat transfer assembly coupled to the printed circuit board. The at least one heat transfer assembly is configured to contact the at least one electronic component and extend adjacent the printed circuit board across the first surface.

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