Patent ID: 8283818

Claim:
A motor comprising: a motor portion structured to house a stator and a rotor mounted to a shaft of the motor; a cooling portion disposed adjacent to the motor portion and separated from the motor portion by a structural interface, the cooling portion providing a cooling chamber and structured to have a cooling fluid moving device coupled thereto and driven by the motor shaft such that the cooling fluid moving device will circulate a cooling fluid intended for use to cool at least one of a discrete object, system and environment that is separate from the motor, the cooling portion further structured to receive at least a portion of the cooling fluid circulated to cool the at least one of a discrete object, system and environment that is separate from the motor; and a plurality of heat pipes having evaporator ends disposed within the motor portion and condenser ends disposed within the cooling chamber, such that the cooling fluid circulated to cool the at least one of a discrete object, system and environment that is separate from the motor extracts heat from the condenser ends of the heat pipes, thereby cooling the evaporator ends of the heat pipes, thereby cooling the motor portion of the motor and the stator and rotor housed therein.