Permanent magnet excited electric motor

Abstract

A permanent magnet excited motor is provided with a plurality of low circumferential hump-like protrusions on the face of each stator pole to partially decrease the air gap between the stator and rotor and act as so-called magnetic cams to exert a force on the rotor to smooth an otherwise uneven parasitic slot torque that occurs between the interaction of slot openings of the stator poles and the gaps between the permanent magnet poles of the rotor.

Claims

1. A brushless dc motor having a cylindrical type air gap, a slotted stator core and permanent magnet excitation, the air gap being defined between circumferentially facing faces of the slotted stator core and an opposing ring of permanent magnets formed to rotate with respect to the core, the core having a plurality of radially extending winding slots, and the motor including at least one winding forming electromagnetic poles defined in the sectors between slots of the stator core with a plurality of raised portions on each of the electromagnetic pole faces extending radially into the air gap, the circumferential width of the raised portions being small compared to the circumferential width of the pole pitch, the raised portions on each of the pole faces being located such that the distance measured in the direction of rotor rotation from the center of a stator slot defined between any given pair of stator poles to the center of one of said raised portions on the stator face adjacent said given pair of stator poles is equal to n times the rotor pole pitch, n being a whole number.

2. A motor according to claim 1, wherein the circumferential extent of the raised portion corresponds to from 0.5 to 1 times the circumferential width of the stator slot orifice.

3. A motor according to claim 1, wherein the air gap directly next to the raised portion as seen in the circumferential direction has the maximum dimension, which dimension decreases in the direction of the stator pole ends, preferably to a value equal to that above the cog.

4. A motor according to claim 3, wherein the height of the raised portion is from 0.1 to 0.3 mm with an effective air gap of from 0.3 to 0.6 mm.

5. A motor according to claim 3, wherein the reduction in air gap dimension is gradual and continuous.

6. A motor according to claim 5, wherein the air gap next to the raised portion soon decreases drastically in dimension, then increases again near the stator pole ends and finally decreases directly at the stator pole ends.

7. A motor according to claim 1, wherein the rotor is an internal rotor..Iadd.8. A brushless dc motor having a cylindrical type air gap, a slotted stator core and permanent magnet excitation, the air gap being defined between circumferentially facing faces of the slotted stator core and an opposing ring of permanent magnets formed to rotate with respect to the core, a pole gap being defined between each adjacent pair of said permanent magnets, the core having a plurality of radially extending winding slots and a corresponding plurality of stator slot orifices, and the motor including at least one winding forming electromagnetic poles defined in the sectors between slots of the stator core wherein a parasitic torque is generated each time that a pole gap interacts with one of said stator slot orifices, the motor further including a plurality of raised portions on each of the electromagnetic pole faces extending radially into and thereby reducing the air gap, the circumferential width of the raised portions being small compared to the circumferential width of the pole pitch, the raised portions on each of the pole faces being (i) dimensioned and positioned thereon to generate a compensating torque which corresponds to and is generally opposite to one of said parasitic torques and (ii) located such that the distance measured in the direction of rotor rotation from the center of a stator slot defined between any given pair of stator poles to the center of one of said raised portions on the stator face adjacent said given pair of stator poles is equal to n times the rotor pole pitch, n being a non-negative and non-zero whole number..Iaddend..Iadd.9. A motor according to claim 8, wherein the circumferential extent of the raised portion corresponds to from 0.5 to 1 times the circumferential width of the stator slot orifice..Iaddend..Iadd.10. A motor according to claim 9, wherein the air gap directly next to the raised portion as seen in the circumferential direction has the maximum dimension, which dimension decreases in the direction of the stator pole ends, preferably to a value equal to that above the cog..Iaddend..Iadd.11. A motor according to claim 10, wherein the height of the raised portion is from 0.1 to 0.3 mm with an effective air gap of from 0.3 to 0.6 mm..Iaddend..Iadd.12. A motor according to claim 10, wherein the reduction in air gap dimensions is gradual and continuous..Iaddend..Iadd.13. A motor according to claim 12, wherein the air gap next to the raised portion soon decreases drastically in dimension, then increases again near the stator pole ends and finally decreases directly at the stator pole ends..Iaddend..Iadd.14. A motor according to claim 8, wherein the rotor is an internal rotor..Iaddend.