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Permanent magnet rotor with sinusoidal flux pattern

US4748359A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 5, 1986
Grant dateMay 31, 1988
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Expiry dateJun 5, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K1/278
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A permanent magnet rotor wherein a rotary shaft has an orthogonal cross a sectional shape orthogonal in a longitudinal direction of the rotary shaft, a plurality of circular-arc portions which are around the axis of rotation of the rotary shaft, and rectilinear portions which connect the adjacent circular-arc portions with straight lines having no curved portion. Respective permanent magnets, equal in number to the circular-arc portions, are fixed extending over the circular-arc portions and the rectilinear portions. The surface of each permanent magnet remote from the rotary shaft has a cross sectional contour orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the rotary shaft, forming a circular arc which protrudes outward.

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