Patent ID: 11923741
Assignee: RIVIAN IP HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 6:
7. An electric axle, comprising:
a motor including
a motor rotor, and
a motor stator configured to induce rotation of the motor rotor, the motor stator including:
a stator body including a weld end, a crown end, and a plurality of slots arranged circumferentially and extending axially therethrough between the weld end and the crown end; and
a plurality of windings each winding including a phase lead, a neutral lead, and a plurality of coils, the plurality of coils including a same-layer lead coil that spans across multiple slots of the plurality of slots and includes two legs that are inserted into respective slots at a same layer thereof, the same-layer lead coil positioning the phase lead at the weld end, wherein the neutral lead and welds joining the plurality of coils are all positioned at the weld end; and

a drive member coupled to the motor rotor, wherein each respective winding includes a forward winding segment wound in a first circumferential direction, a reverse winding segment wound in a second circumferential direction, opposite the first circumferential direction, and a same-layer jumper coil connecting the forward winding segment to the reverse winding segment, each leg of the same-layer jumper coil being slotted in a respective slot at a same layer thereof.