cu») United States
2) Patent Applicat
Tang
n Publica
(54) AC MOTOR WINDING PATTERN
(75) Inventor: Vifan Tang, Los Altos, CA (US)
Correspondence Address
PATENT LAW OFFICE OF DAVID G. BECK.
94942 (US)
(73) Assignee: Tesla Motors, Ine., Sa Carlos, CA
ws)
(21) Appl.No: — 120383,884
(2) Filed Mar. 30, 2009)
104
‘US 2010024461241
(10) Pub. No.
(43) Pub, Dat
US 2010/0244612 AI
Sep. 30, 2010
Publication Classification
1) neck.
HO 328
(2) US.CL
on ABSTRACT
2005.01),
10195,
A motor winding arrangement that is capable of delivering
relatively fattorqueovera wide rangeof speeds, thos achiey-
fing increasing power throughout its operating range, i pro-
vided. Ina multi-phase, eg, hee-phase, motor utilizing the
‘winding arrangement ofthe invention, each winding layer
corresponds to one phase ofthe motor and ups every sot
fof the stator. The poles for cach winding layer tre comprised
‘of concentric and noa-overiapping cilAsay Ss
a or
AAEAY®E NE.Patent Application Publication
Sep. 30, 2010 Sheet 2 of 5 US 2010/0244612 AI
250
& 200
3 150 201
er ™ ™s
e
100
203
50
2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000
Speed (rpm)
250
200
a
3
Power (kW)
3
8
a
0
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000
Speed (rpm)
FIG. 3Patent Application Publication Sep. 30, 2010 Sheet 3 of S US 2010/0244612 AI
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Slot Number
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