Magnetic bearing with alternating actuators and sensors
US5763972A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 16, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jun 9, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16C32/048
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A magnetic bearing for magnetic centering of a rotor relative to a stator relative to two radial centering axes includes actuators operating relative to centering axes and speed sensors having sensing axes coplanar with the centering axes. The rotor includes a ring partly defining the airgaps of the actuators and the sensors.
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