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Method of manufacturing retention structure for electric motor rotor magnets

US4910861A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 7, 1988
Grant dateMar 27, 1990
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Expiry dateOct 7, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49012
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An improved shaft mounted rotor assembly for an electric motor and method of manufacturing the same wherein a plurality of arcuate permanent magnets are positioned in angularly related adjacent positions to surround the outer periphery of a shaft mountable rotor core and a plastic molded sleeve encapsulates the exposed outer peripheral surfaces of the magnets to secure them in fast position on the core.

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