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Electric machine

US9306441B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Peter Kummeth · Herzogenaurach, DE
Heinz Schmidt · Steinfeld (Oldenburg), DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 20, 2012
Grant date	Apr 5, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 9, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E40/60
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an electric machine (101) comprising a stator (103), a rotatably mounted rotor (105) having a magnetizable and coolable rotor section (107) made of a super-conducting material (417), a control unit (109) designed to control a stator flow for inducing a magnetic flow through the superconducting material (417). The invention also relates to a method for operating an electric machine (101).

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