Patent ID: 9653968
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: F28D,H02K

Claim:
1. A stator housing for enclosing a stator of an electric motor on which at least one coil is mounted, the stator housing comprising: an outer housing wall, at least one heat pipe for dissipating heat, the at least one heat pipe including a substantially sealed cavity, a wick within the cavity, the wick having an open inner lumen, and a working fluid within the inner lumen of the wick, the working fluid partially filling the inner lumen when in liquid form, and at least one power electronics component, generating heat as waste energy, positioned on an inner side of the outer housing wall, wherein the outer housing wall includes a recess forming at least a portion of the cavity of the at least one heat pipe such that the at least one heat pipe is formed into the housing wall and the at least one power electronics component is located proximate the recess at an evaporator end of the at least one heat pipe.