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Linear motor

US6476524B1 · kind B1 · utility

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38Claims
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Filing dateSep 21, 2000
Grant dateNov 5, 2002
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Expiry dateSep 21, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K11/00
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A moving-coil linear motor free of cogging. The motor has a rotor (3) including separated block cores (31, 32 and 33), each of which has a length equivalent to eight times the magnet pitch (Pm) and includes nine teeth (4) along the length. The block cores are arranged in line and separated by gaps equivalent to ⅔ of the magnet pitch. The first block (31) is divided into three groups of teeth (4) with armature coils (5) to form U-, V- and W-phases. Similarly, the second block (32) is grouped to form V-, W- and U-phases, and the third block (33) is grouped to form W-, U- and V-phases. The armature coils (5) are formed to differ in phase by 120 degrees from one another in order to zero the sum of the cogging caused by the blocks.

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