RETENTION COMPONENT FOR TURBOMACHINERY DEVICE

• Main Authors: STONER, Allen, D., II, FRASER, Brock, S
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 13.03.2019
• Subjects: BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMPS; POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS; WEAPONS

A number of variations may include a product comprising: a turbomachinery device comprising: an electric motor surrounding a portion of a shaft constructed and arranged to selectively drive the shaft in rotation about a rotational axis, wherein the electric motor further comprises a stator comprising a lamination stack; a housing surrounding the electric motor, wherein the housing includes a plurality of channels constructed and arranged to lubricate a first bearing; and wherein the lamination stack includes at least one retention component wherein the retention component is constructed and arranged to locking the stator in an axial direction while locking rotation of the stator about the rotational axis and wherein the retention component further comprises at least one conduit constructed and arranged to pass fluid through the electric motor to a second bearing.