US 12,218,327 B2
Battery heating via heat collected from coolant passing through hollow windings of electric machine
Jonathan Hair, Northville, MI (US); and Matthew Penne, Pierce, NE (US)
Assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/190,446.
Prior Publication US 2024/0332663 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. H02K 11/25 (2016.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/633 (2014.01); H02K 3/24 (2006.01); H02K 9/193 (2006.01); H02K 11/00 (2016.01); H02K 11/30 (2016.01); H02P 29/64 (2016.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.01)
CPC H01M 10/633 (2015.04) [H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H02K 3/24 (2013.01); H02K 9/193 (2013.01); H02K 11/0094 (2013.01); H02K 11/30 (2016.01); H02P 29/64 (2016.02); B60L 58/26 (2019.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automotive system comprising:
an electric machine including a stator defining slots and a plurality of hollow wires wound within the slots; and
a pump configured to drive coolant through the hollow wires to cool the electric machine.