Abstract: A passive haptic interface includes a first element which is rotatably movable about an axis or translatably movable along an axis, the first movable element rotating or moving opposite a second fixed element. The first movable element has a first plurality of magnetic poles spaced periodically at a pole pitch Ps and in the direction of movement, and the second fixed element has a second plurality of magnetic poles periodically spaced at a pole pitch Pr and in the direction of movement, where Ps and Pr are different numbers. A periodic stress is created by the magnetic interaction between the first movable element and the second fixed element in a period Pt. The pole pitches Ps and Pr are chosen such that Pt is strictly less than the smallest of the pitches Ps and Pr.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electric machine having a rotor including a set of permanent magnets and a stator including a stator strip made of a soft ferromagnetic material, the strip supporting a coil body having a single discontinuity, the coil body supporting a plurality of wire coils so as to form a polyphase coil stator assembly of the toroidal type, wherein the strip has a single discontinuity and has at least one partial cut at regular intervals between two consecutive wire coils.

Abstract: A gear motor comprising a reduction gear train and a three-phase electric motor comprising a stator formed of a stack of sheets and 3*k electric coils and a rotor having 5 k*N pairs of magnetized poles, with k=1 or 2, the stator having two separate angular sectors alpha 1 and alpha 2, which are centered on the center of rotation of the motor and comprise an alternation of notches and 3*k*N teeth, which are regularly spaced and converge toward the center of rotation and define a cavity in which the rotor is arranged, the gear motor being characterized in that N=4 and in that alpha 1 is less than or equal to 180° and comprises all of the coils of the motor.

Abstract: An actuator for controlling the movement of an element between two stable positions with pulsed electrical control without a change in polarity comprises: a ferromagnetic mobile mass, at least one electrically controlled wire coil that is fixed with respect to the mobile mass, at least two ferromagnetic poles that are fixed with respect to the mobile mass and on either side of the mobile mass. The actuator comprises at least one permanent magnet that attracts the mobile mass in order to achieve the two stable positions. The mobile mass defines, with the ferromagnetic poles, at least two variable air gaps during the movement of the mobile apparatus. The magnetic flux of the permanent magnet opposes the magnetic flux generated by the at least one coil regardless of the position of the mobile mass.

Abstract: A method for controlling a polyphase actuator includes supplying each phase with a periodically varying voltage having a periodic sequence of steps Pi that have a constant duration and an amplitude An,i, where n corresponds to the rank of the phase and i to the rank of the step. The method further includes determining a target position PCi of a rotor of the actuator, in order to define a sinusoidal voltage envelope. The actuator further includes a movable member, a stator equipped with electrical coils and a sensor detecting the mechanical position of the movable member with respect to the stator, as well as a microcontroller. The microcontroller determines, at times Tcapteur, a mechanical position of a mechanical member, the microcontroller calculates, at each of the times Tcapteur, a difference between the mechanical position and a target position PCi corresponding to the step Pi and the microcontroller calculates a coefficient k as a function of the difference.

Abstract: A module for detecting a rotating handle intended to be attached on a tube of a handlebar of a vehicle next to the handle includes a cylindrical magnet, a probe for detecting the magnetic field produced by the magnet, a support for the probe, a printed circuit board whereon the probe is secured, a support for the magnet and a flange used as a housing for the module. The magneto-sensitive probe detects rotation of the magnetic field emitted by the magnet and is secured to the handlebar, with the magnet and magnet holder being secured to the handle. The magnet and magnet holder form a cavity so that the inner radial surface of the magnet is positioned outside and opposite the magneto-sensitive probe. The magnet has a continuously variable magnetization direction so that the total rotation of the angle of the magnetic field generated by the magnet at the measuring point during the mechanical rotation of the handle is greater than 180°.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a motorised air circulation valve including a gear motor, a valve body, and a rotary shaft provided with a shutter. The rotary shaft is rotated by the gear motor, where gear motor includes a set of reduction gears, a brushless electric motor formed by a rotor having N pairs of magnetised poles connected to a pinion of the set of reduction gears, and the pinion drives an output wheel rigidly connected to the rotary shaft. The electric motor includes a stator part having at least two coils, the stator part having two angular sectors, alpha1 and alpha2, of respective radii R1 and R2, with R1 being greater than R2, and the center of the radii and the angular sectors being defined relative to the center of rotation of the rotor.

Abstract: A rotary actuator with a moving frame includes an electrical coil that moves on an angular travel about an axis of rotation A, the shape of the coil being an elliptical cylinder and the axis of winding B being orthogonal to the axis of rotation A, the coil being placed in the magnetic field of a fixed magnet. The fixed magnet surrounds the coil and includes two semicylindrical portions, the generatrices of which are orthogonal to the axis of rotation A, the first of the semicylindrical portions having a north pole directed toward the coil, orthogonally to the direction of the generatrices and being positioned outside the coil, the second having a south pole directed toward the coil, orthogonally to the direction of the generatrices and also being positioned outside the coil opposite the first portion.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a rotor for an electrical machine having internal permanent magnets including a yoke consisting of a stack of sheets defining a plurality of recesses for receiving parallelepipedal permanent magnets, the recesses being surrounded by magnetically saturated external transverse isthmuses, by radial isthmuses, lateral isthmuses and oblique isthmuses, wherein the magnets are assembled in pairs of magnets magnetized in the same direction and perpendicular to the radial direction of the radial isthmuses arranged between the coupled magnets, the radial isthmuses having a thickness of less than 5% of the diameter of the rotor, and the perimeter of the cross section of the rotor is formed by a succession of curved profiles, between two consecutive pairs of magnets, and tangential linear profiles at the external transverse isthmuses. The disclosure also relates to the application of such a rotor for creating a motor, in particular a motor for a turbo compressor, or an electrical generator.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a valve for controlling the circulation of a fluid, having a valve body and a housing containing an electric motor composed of a stator and of a rotor, a needle, a sealing bell and also a fixed screw or a fixed nut. The fixed screw or the fixed nut is secured to the valve body, and the stator is secured to the valve body via the housing. The sealing bell is positioned at the interface between the rotor and the stator in such a way that the screw/nut, the rotor and the needle are within this bell and submerged in the fluid, the stator being isolated from the fluid. Furthermore, the rotor has the function of a nut or of a screw, and has a helical movement imposed by the fixed screw or the fixed nut and drives the needle axially. The motor is a brushless polyphase motor with radial principal magnetic flux.

Abstract: A stator for an electric machine having a plurality of radially extending teeth, supported by an outer annular yoke radial to the teeth, at least part of the teeth supporting a coil and the outer annular yoke having flutes of partially cylindrical shape opening towards the teeth, at least part of the teeth each having, at their end, on the side of the outer annular yoke, a protuberance of partially cylindrical shape, the protuberance being held in the flute by contact points so that at least one part of the teeth performs a relative movement having a degree of rotational and/or translational freedom relative to the annular yoke.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a high-speed electric machine, having a speed higher than 20,000 rpm, including a rotor having 1 or 2 pairs of magnetized poles, and an enhanced stator which has an outer diameter that is larger than 18 millimeters and which has 3 or 6 straight teeth extending radially and borne by a one-piece peripheral annular collar. At least a portion of the teeth bear coils, and the teeth are rigidly connected to one another and together form a one-piece planar assembly. The coiled teeth have a rectangular cross-section of width I and of length L, with formula (I).

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a valve for controlling the circulation of a fluid, having a valve body and a housing containing an electric motor composed of a stator and of a rotor, a needle, a sealing bell and also a fixed screw or a fixed nut. The fixed screw or the fixed nut is secured to the valve body, and the stator is secured to the valve body via the housing. The sealing bell is positioned at the interface between the rotor and the stator in such a way that the screw/nut, the rotor and the needle are within this bell and submerged in the fluid, the stator being isolated from the fluid. Furthermore, the rotor has the function of a nut or of a screw, and has a helical movement imposed by the fixed screw or the fixed nut and drives the needle axially. The motor is a brushless polyphase motor with radial principal magnetic flux.

Abstract: A stator for an electric machine having a plurality of radially extending teeth, supported by an outer annular yoke radial to the teeth, at least part of the teeth supporting a coil and the outer annular yoke having flutes of partially cylindrical shape opening towards the teeth, at least part of the teeth each having, at their end, on the side of the outer annular yoke, a protuberance of partially cylindrical shape, the protuberance being held in the flute by contact points so that at least one part of the teeth performs a relative movement having a degree of rotational and/or translational freedom relative to the annular yoke.

Abstract: A method for controlling a polyphase actuator includes supplying each phase with a periodically varying voltage having a periodic sequence of steps Pi that have a constant duration and an amplitude An,i, where n corresponds to the rank of the phase and i to the rank of the step. The method further includes determining a target position PCi of a rotor of the actuator, in order to define a sinusoidal voltage envelope. The actuator further includes a movable member, a stator equipped with electrical coils and a sensor detecting the mechanical position of the movable member with respect to the stator, as well as a microcontroller. The microcontroller determines, at times Tcapteur, a mechanical position of a mechanical member, the microcontroller calculates, at each of the times Tcapteur, a difference between the mechanical position and a target position PCi corresponding to the step Pi and the microcontroller calculates a coefficient k as a function of the difference.

Abstract: A module for detecting a rotating handle intended to be attached on a tube of a handlebar of a vehicle next to the handle includes a cylindrical magnet, a probe for detecting the magnetic field produced by the magnet, a support for the probe, a printed circuit board whereon the probe is secured, a support for the magnet and a flange used as a housing for the module. The magneto-sensitive probe detects rotation of the magnetic field emitted by the magnet and is secured to the handlebar, with the magnet and magnet holder being secured to the handle. The magnet and magnet holder form a cavity so that the inner radial surface of the magnet is positioned outside and opposite the magneto-sensitive probe. The magnet has a continuously variable magnetization direction so that the total rotation of the angle of the magnetic field generated by the magnet at the measuring point during the mechanical rotation of the handle is greater than 180°.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electric machine having a rotor including a set of permanent magnets and a stator including a stator strip made of a soft ferromagnetic material, the strip supporting a coil body having a single discontinuity, the coil body supporting a plurality of wire coils so as to form a polyphase coil stator assembly of the toroidal type, wherein the strip has a single discontinuity and has at least one partial cut at regular intervals between two consecutive wire coils.

Abstract: The disclosure presents a geared motor unit including a housing having an electric motor formed of a coiled stator assembly and of a magnetized rotor, the housing further including a printed circuit board for connecting and controlling the motor, a movement-reducing gear train, a sensor magnet and a magnetosensitive probe. The gear train includes a toothed movement output gear, the sensor magnet being ring-shaped and being rigidly connected to the output gear. An output gear is extended on either side of the sensor magnet by two guides cooperating with the two opposite walls of the housing; a ring-shaped magnet surrounds the axis of rotation of the output gear; a printed circuit board includes a controller controlling the motor and extends up to the vicinity of the output gear.

Abstract: A linear electromagnetic actuator has a stroke c, with at least one stable position in one of the ends of the stroke, and includes: an armature made of a soft magnetic material, the armature being movable in an axial direction Y and having a length Hm in the direction Y, the armature having a symmetrical shape at the axis Y, and a stationary stator yoke made of a soft magnetic material and holding at least one electric coil. The actuator also includes at least one stationary permanent magnet that is magnetized along a transverse axis X perpendicular to the direction Y. The magnet is transversely placed between the movable armature and the electric coil. The magnet has a length Ha in the direction Y. The stationary yoke and the movable armature define therebetween at least one axial air gap. Ha+c is of the order of magnitude of Hm. The length Hm is such that 0.9×(Ha+c)<Hm<1.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a rotor for an electrical machine having internal permanent magnets including a yoke consisting of a stack of sheets defining a plurality of recesses for receiving parallelepipedal permanent magnets, the recesses being surrounded by magnetically saturated external transverse isthmuses, by radial isthmuses, lateral isthmuses and oblique isthmuses, wherein the magnets are assembled in pairs of magnets magnetized in the same direction and perpendicular to the radial direction of the radial isthmuses arranged between the coupled magnets, the radial isthmuses having a thickness of less than 5% of the diameter of the rotor, and the perimeter of the cross section of the rotor is formed by a succession of curved profiles, between two consecutive pairs of magnets, and tangential linear profiles at the external transverse isthmuses. The disclosure also relates to the application of such a rotor for creating a motor, in particular a motor for a turbo compressor, or an electrical generator.