Devices and methods are disclosed related to electric propulsion drives for watercraft. In some embodiments, an electric drive includes an active cooling loop facilitated by a rotating electric motor pumping a coolant through a mast and a housing of the electric drive. The mast can be provided with a separation wall to separate and guide streams of cooler and hotter coolant. The motor and an ESC can be cooled by the coolant. In certain embodiments, the electric drive includes a rotor jacket that substantially surrounds an external rotor of an electric motor; the rotor jacket substantially reduces unwanted eddy currents, and thereby allows the use a large motor and a housing with a smaller external diameter, which reduces hydrodynamic drag. In one embodiment, the external rotor is coupled directly, without intermediary gearing, to a propeller.
ELECTRIC PROPULSION DRIVE FOR WATERCRAFT
2021-05-13
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63H Schiffsantrieb oder Steuerung der Schiffe , MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING |
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