Patent ID: 8164225

Claim:
A generator comprising: a housing; a stator arranged within the housing, the stator including a first end that extends to a second end, a plurality of laminations extending between the first and second ends, and a plurality of axial flow passages extending through the plurality of laminations between the first and second ends, the stator including a compression plate mounted to one of the first and second ends; and at least one air flow re-direction member including at least one channel at least partially defined by the one of the plurality of laminations adjacent to the compression plate, the at least one airflow redirection member fluidly connecting adjacent ones of the plurality of axial flow passages, the at least one air flow re-direction member guiding an air flow passing through one of the plurality of axial flow passages in a first direction into an adjacent one of the plurality of axial flow passages in a second direction, the second direction being distinct from the first direction.