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Permanent magnet motor

US8198774B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 7, 2006
Grant dateJun 12, 2012
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Expiry dateDec 13, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K1/276
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A motor includes: a stator (12) having coils; a rotor (11), which is disposed inside the stator and has a plurality of magnets; and a magnetic path switching part (18), which is provided in the rotor (11) and switches a magnetic path of the rotor (11) to select intense field control as a forward salient-pole structure or weak field control as an inverse salient-pole structure. The magnetic path switching part (18) is formed by use of a member having magnetic anisotropy, which is arranged on a magnetic path connecting magnets (13) of the same pole and a magnetic path connecting magnets (13) of different poles in the rotor (11). By changing the magnetic anisotropy of the member, the forward salient-pole structure and the inverse salient-pole structure are switched therebetween.

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