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Cooling is a critical factor for improving power density in electrical appliances, especially in integrated drives for mobile applications. However, the issue of distributed losses in electric machines can lead to hotspots and temperature gradients within the electric drive. Traditional cooling jackets use unidirectional flow without or with evenly distributed cooling structures. This often aggravates the issue of hotspots, resulting in thermal derating and thus limiting the operation range. As well, a non-demand oriented distribution of cooling structures leads to unnecessary pressure losses. This problem is addressed with a newly elaborated method for distributing cooling elements, i.e., pin fins with varying density distribution inside the cooling channel. Results from previous work, numerical simulations, and measurement data from a planar test bench are used. The approach segments the cooling channel by using a loss profile.