Patent ID: 11967864
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. An electric machine rotor including a rotor core, the rotor core comprising:
a plurality of permanent magnets;
pairs of elongated slots circumferentially distributed on the rotor core, each pair of elongated slots jointly forming a V-shaped configuration with an opening facing an outer periphery of the rotor core, each elongated slot comprising:
a mounting portion configured to receive one of the plurality of permanent magnets; and
an end hole located at an end of the elongated slot pointing to the outer periphery, wherein the end hole includes a lobe area and a main body area having a middle area including a portion that extends partially outside a first side extension line of the mounting portion, the lobe area extending from an end of the main body area adjacent to the outer periphery to an exterior of the V-shaped configuration such that the lobe area extends partially outside a second side extension line of the mounting portion.