A drive unit for an electric vehicle has an outrunner motor. The outrunner motor has: a motor housing; a rotor disposed in the motor housing; a stator disposed in the motor housing and radially inward of the rotor, the stator having a plurality of stator coils; and an output shaft disposed radially inward of the stator, the output shaft being driven by the rotor, the output shaft and the rotor rotating together about an output shaft axis defined by the output shaft. The vehicle also has an inverter electrically connected to the plurality of stator coils, the inverter having an inverter housing connected to the motor housing; and a fan disposed between the stator and the inverter housing, the fan being configured to draw air between the motor housing and the inverter housing and to supply this air into the motor housing.


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    Title :

    ELECTRIC VEHICLE DRIVE UNIT COOLING SYSTEM


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    Publication date :

    2024-05-02


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES / B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen / H02K Dynamoelektrische Maschinen , DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES



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