US 11,955,849 B2
Composites and methods of making composite materials
Kris H. Campbell, Poplar Grove, IL (US); Shin Katsumata, Rockford, IL (US); Brian C. Konopa, Rockford, IL (US); Erika M. Danckers, Rockford, IL (US); Andreas C. Koenig, Rockford, IL (US); and Ashutosh Joshi, Roscoe, IL (US)
Assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/089,562.
Application 18/089,562 is a division of application No. 17/142,189, filed on Jan. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,539,273.
Prior Publication US 2023/0170770 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. H02K 3/48 (2006.01); H02K 3/487 (2006.01); H02K 3/52 (2006.01); H02K 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02K 15/0018 (2013.01) [H02K 3/487 (2013.01); H02K 3/527 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wedge for use in an electric machine comprising:
a central portion comprising a first material;
a first wing integrally attached to the central portion; and
a second wing integrally attached to the central portion opposite the first wing, wherein the first wing and the second wing include at least a second material,
wherein the central portion includes a trapezoidal portion radially outward from a triangular central leg, the triangular central leg separating the first wing from the second wing, wherein the trapezoidal portion includes the first material, wherein the trapezoidal portion includes a first leg and a second leg, wherein the first leg extends partially into the first wing and the second leg extends partially into the second wing such that the first wing and the second wing include the first material and the second material.