Patent ID: 8519581

Claim:
An electric machine module capable of being cooled by a coolant, the electric machine module comprising: a housing comprising an inner wall at least partially defining a machine cavity, the housing including a coolant jacket, the coolant jacket being configured to contain the coolant, and the inner wall comprising a plurality of coolant apertures configured to disperse a portion of the coolant from the coolant jacket into the machine cavity; an electric machine including a rotor with generally opposing end faces the rotor comprising a first radius, and a stator with stator end turns; and an agitator member operatively coupled to the rotor adjacent to the generally opposing end faces and extending substantially axially outward along at least a portion of an axial length of the stator end turns, the agitator member being configured so that at least a portion of the coolant that is dispersed through at least some of the coolant apertures is slung in a generally radially outward direction toward the end turns.