Patent · US Expired

Magnetically suspended rotating bodies

US4363525A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 28, 1981
Grant dateDec 14, 1982
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Expiry dateJan 28, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16C2361/55
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Rotary bodies possessing, in common, radially passive and axially active magnetic centering devices, eddy current dampers, emergency support systems, a drive motor and a motor switching sensor, and an axial velocity sensor to send correction signals to the axially active magnetic centering device with all of these members positioned at the maximum permitted axial limits, either inside or outside the rotor wall, whether the rotor is of an internal or external configuration.

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