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

US6710502B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 7, 2002
Grant dateMar 23, 2004
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Expiry dateFeb 7, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K21/22
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A rotary electric motor has a stator with a plurality of separate and ferromagnetically isolated electromagnet core segments disposed coaxially about an axis of rotation. The core segments are supported by a non-ferromagnetic structure. Each core segment has at least three poles aligned in a direction parallel to the axis. Windings are formed on portions linking the poles so that, when energized, the center pole forms a magnetic polarity opposite to the magnetic polarity of the other poles. The rotor comprises a plurality of axial rows of permanent magnets disposed circumferentially along the air gap. Each axial row of rotor magnets comprises a center permanent magnet of one magnetic polarity and, at each axial side thereof, a permanent magnet of a magnetic polarity opposite to the polarity of the center magnet.

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