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Switched reluctance motor

US5747912A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 29, 1995
Grant dateMay 5, 1998
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Expiry dateNov 29, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K29/03
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A switched reluctance motor has a rotor disposed in an annular stator and formed mainly of a stack of iron plates. The rotor has pole protrusions that face the stator. The pole protrusions have weak magnetic portions provided therein. Each weak magnetic portion has a shape elongated from a leading outer point to a tailing inner point, or a shape that has a base side extending a leading outer point to a tailing inner point and that extends from the base side in the rotational direction and in the inward radial direction. The weak magnetic portions are formed of a material that has a weaker magnetism than the materials forming the other portions of the rotor.

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