Patent · US Expired

Rotary electric motor having axially aligned stator poles and/or rotor poles

US6617746B1 · kind B1 · utility

31Cited by
14References
26Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateOct 1, 2001
Grant dateSep 9, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 1, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E10/72
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A rotary electric motor comprises a rotor having a plurality of permanent magnet elements disposed in an annular ring configuration about an axis of rotation, the magnet elements successively alternating in magnetic polarity along an inner annular surface, and a stator spaced from the rotor by a radial air gap. The stator includes a plurality of magnetic core segments having respective coils wound thereon to form stator windings, the core segments separated from direct contact with each other and disposed along the radial air gap. Each stator segment comprises a pair of poles aligned with each other in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation. Thus the stator comprises a first set of stator poles in radial alignment and an axially displaced second set of stator poles in radial alignment.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.