Patent ID: 11942825
Assignee: DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An electric machine comprising:
a stator including a stack of stator laminations, each of the stator laminations having a plurality of cutouts that form a plurality of oil ducts which axially extend through the stack of stator laminations;
an inverter power module forming an interface with a peripheral surface of an outer section of the stack of stator laminations;
wherein the stator and the inverter power module are positioned within a housing; and
an oil inlet extending through the housing, wherein the stack of stator laminations includes a recessed inlet that circumferentially extends around at least a portion of the stack and is designed to receive oil from the oil inlet and direct the oil to the plurality of oil ducts;
wherein the inverter power module extends axially across the recessed inlet.