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Stator-less electric motor for a magnetic resonance imaging system and methods thereof

US10330754B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Daniel Garcia · Pewaukee, US
Tamer Fahed Khalaf · Waukesha, US
Jason Monclair Pittman · Waukesha, US
Anton M. Linz · Mukwonago, US
William John Bonneau · Waukesha, US
Chinmoy Goswami · Waukesha, US
Vandana Prabhakar Rallabandi · Knoxville, US
Rahul Radhakrishna Pillai · Bengaluru, IN
Srinivas Mallampalli · Louisville, US
Suma Memana Narayana Bhat · Bengaluru, IN
Viswanathan Kanakasabai · Kanchinakote, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 3, 2017
Grant date	Jun 25, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 30, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH02P25/02
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A stator-less electric motor for an MRI system is provided. The stator-less electric motor includes a body, a rotor rotatable connected to the body, and at least one coil winding disposed on the rotor. The at least one coil winding is arranged so as to rotate the rotor when energized via an electrical current in the presence of a magnetic field generated by a magnet assembly of the MRI system.

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