US 11,901,769 B2
Stator with piloting supports
Franco Leonardi, Dearborn Heights, MI (US); Brian Christian Orr, Macomb, MI (US); and Joel Hetrick, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/586,423.
Prior Publication US 2023/0238839 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H02K 1/18 (2006.01); H02K 3/32 (2006.01)
CPC H02K 1/185 (2013.01) [H02K 3/32 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric machine comprising:
a housing; and
a plurality of same laminations each defining a piloting tab on a perimeter thereof, and stacked to form a stator having a body disposed within the housing and such that the piloting tabs define at least two axially extending serrated edge portions, each defined by alternating presence and absence of the piloting tabs, spaced apart from one another around a perimeter of the stator and configured to contact the housing and space the body away from the housing.