Abstract: The present application relates to a rotor (1) for an electrical machine. The rotor (1) comprises at least one substantially cylindrically shaped ferromagnetic base element (2). Said ferromagnetic base element (2) includes a multitude of posts (3, 3.1, 3.2) radially extending therefrom, each of said posts (3, 3.1, 3.2) being bordered by at least a first lateral surface (4) and a second lateral surface (5), wherein recesses (7) are defined between each pair of neighbouring posts (3, 3.1, 3.2). One ferromagnetic intermediate member (13) is arranged in each recess (7) between each pair of posts (3, 3.1, 3.2). Each ferromagnetic intermediate member (13) is affixed to the first lateral surface (4) of a first post (3.1) and to the second lateral surface (5) of a second post (3.2) of each pair of posts (3, 3.1, 3.2) by means of at least one permanent magnet (6, 6.1, 6.2), respectively, said permanent magnets (6, 6.1, 6.2) being each oriented such that the same pole faces said ferromagnetic intermediate members (13).

Abstract: A rotating electrical machine comprises a stator and a rotor. The rotor includes a rotor iron core in which a permanent magnet is disposed. The rotor iron core comprises a connection part, a plurality of magnetic pole part, a first gap, and a second gap for injection of the adhesive. The connection part is configured to surround a rotational axis. The plurality of magnetic pole parts are provided in an outer portion than the connection part in a radial direction. The first gap is configured to penetrate along an axial direction between the magnetic pole parts in an outer portion than the connection part in the radial direction and in which the permanent magnet is fixed with adhesive. At least one of the second gaps is provided for each of the first gaps in communication with the first gap.

Abstract: A rotor (10) for a rotary electric machine has a plurality of magnetic poles (24) provided at intervals, in a circumferential direction, at the outer periphery of a rotor core (12). Each of the magnetic poles (24) has a first permanent magnet (26) buried in the center of the magnetic pole, and a pair of second permanent magnets (28) that are buried on both sides of the first permanent magnet (26) in the circumferential direction, and that are disposed such that a mutual spacing between the pair of the second permanent magnets (28) becomes narrower inward in the radial direction. A narrowest spacing between the pair of second permanent magnets (28) is set to be wider than a longitudinal-direction width of the first permanent magnet (26) in a magnetic path region (30) that is defined by the first permanent magnet (26) and the pair of second permanent magnets (28).

Abstract: A rotor of an induction motor according to the present invention is a rotor including a squirrel-cage secondary conductor, wherein the rotor slot is constituted by an outer circumferential slot formed near an outer circumference of the rotor and an inner circumferential slot communicating with the outer circumferential slot and formed inside of the outer circumferential slot, a circumferential width TC of an innermost circumference of the outer circumferential slot is smaller than a circumferential width TD of an outermost circumference of the inner circumferential slot, and a circumferential width of the outer circumferential slot is smaller as the outer circumferential slot approaches to the outer circumference of the rotor.

Abstract: A rotor of an interior permanent magnet motor includes a rotor core configured to form a body of the rotor. An upper permanent magnet group is configured to be inserted into the rotor core to form a magnetic pole. A lower permanent magnet group is configured to be inserted into the rotor core below the upper permanent magnet group to form a two-layered structure with the upper permanent magnet group. Each of the upper and lower permanent magnet groups may include two V-shaped permanent magnets. A polar arc angle formed by the two permanent magnets of the upper permanent magnet group may be different from a polar arc angle formed by the permanent magnets of the lower permanent magnet group.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a permanent magnet rotor for use with a stator is provided. The permanent magnet rotor includes at least one permanent magnet and a substantially cylindrical rotor core including an outer edge, a hub having an inner edge defining a central opening, and a plurality of independent pole pieces spaced from the hub radially about the central opening. The rotor core further includes at least one radial aperture extending radially from the outer edge through the rotor core between adjacent independent pole pieces, the at least one aperture configured to receive the at least one permanent magnet.

Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes a rotor which has a rotor core formed by stacking magnetic plates having an annular plate shape in an axial direction, a permanent magnet is inserted into a magnet insertion hole formed in the rotor core, and a rotor shaft is inserted into a shaft insertion hole surrounded by an inner peripheral surface of the rotor core; and a stator. A radial communication passage is formed by a communication penetration hole group that is formed by sequentially communicating a plurality of the penetration holes from a shaft insertion hole to a magnetic resistance hole in the radial direction. The plurality of the penetration holes are divided into at least two specific magnetic plates and formed such that the radial positions of the penetration holes are different from each other and the penetration holes partially overlap each other when viewed in the axial direction.

Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor core that has magnet-receiving holes in each of which is received a corresponding permanent magnet. The rotor core also has, for each of the magnet-receiving holes, first and second supporting portions. The first supporting portion supports a radially inner end portion of a first magnetic flux barrier-side face of the corresponding permanent magnet. The second supporting portion supports a radially outer end portion of a second magnetic flux barrier-side face of the corresponding permanent magnet. A second magnetic flux barrier-side end portion of a radially outer wall surface of the magnet-receiving hole is planar in shape and parallel to a radially outer side face of the corresponding permanent magnet. A second magnetic flux barrier-side end portion of a radially inner wall surface of the magnet-receiving hole is planar in shape and parallel to a radially inner side face of the corresponding permanent magnet.

Abstract: Provided is a rotor core of a motor, the rotor core, the rotor core including a thin disk-shaped rotor core member, a shaft hole penetratively formed at a center of the rotor core member, a shaft press-fitted into the shaft hole, a plurality of magnet insertion holes penetratively formed at a position near to a periphery of the rotor core member for inserted coupling by a magnet, and a magnet fixing unit formed by stacking the rotor core members each at a predetermined height, and press-fitting the shaft into the shaft hole, wherein the rotor core members are stacked at a predetermined height, and the shaft is inserted into the shaft hole.

Abstract: An internal permanent magnet machine has multiple rotor sections, each section having multiple rotor laminations. Permanent magnets are placed asymmetrically in lamination openings to attenuate oscillations in torque caused by harmonic components of magnetic flux. Asymmetry is achieved by placing adjacent permanent magnets or magnet sets on the rotor periphery with different rotor magnetic pole arc angles.

Abstract: A three-phase AC motor (4) has a configuration in which a q-axis inductance is larger than a d-axis inductance by a predetermined amount or more to allow smoothing of power fluctuations due to the power supply voltage of the AC power source (3).

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an interior magnet rotor core motor is described herein. The method includes attaching a resilient material to an inner rigid structure configured to engage a shaft associated with the motor, engaging the structure with the motor shaft, positioning the shaft and structure assembly with respect to the rotor core, and affixing the resilient material to the rotor core.

Abstract: A rotor adapted for a large permanent magnet rotating machine having high output and demagnetization resistance and the permanent magnet rotating machine are provided. The permanent rotating machine includes the rotor and a stator disposed with a clearance from an outer peripheral face of the rotor and formed by winding a winding wire through a stator core having two or more slots. The rotor includes one or more permanent magnets in each of two or more insertion holes, the insertion holes being formed in a circumferential direction in a rotor core. There is also provided the permanent magnet rotating machine including this rotor and a stator disposed with a clearance from an outer peripheral face of the rotor and formed by winding a winding wire through a stator core having two or more slots.

Abstract: A rotor includes magnetic pole portions and first and second ferric core portions. The first and second ferric core portions are each located between magnetic pole portions in the circumferential direction of a rotor. A first gap is formed between the first or second ferric core portion and a magnetic pole portion at a first circumferential side. A second gap is formed between the first or second ferric core portion and the magnetic pole portion at a second circumferential side. The first gap has a smaller width than the second gap at the first ferric core portion. The first ferric core portion is inclined toward the first circumferential side. The first gap is larger than the second gap at the second ferric core portion. The second ferric core portion is inclined toward the second circumferential side.

Abstract: A stator for an electric machine, the stator including a stator core and a winding. The stator core including an annular stator core back component providing a magnetic flux path in a circumferential direction and in an axial direction of the annular stator core back component; and a plurality of stator pole components each including a mounting part mounted to the stator core back component, an interface part defining an interface surface facing an active air gap between the stator and a rotor of the electrical machine; and a radially oriented tooth part extending radially from the annular stator core component and connecting the interface part with the mounting part.

Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor core and permanent magnets each of which is received in a corresponding slot of the rotor core with its magnetization direction being oblique to a radial direction of the rotor core. Each of the permanent magnets has a first corner portion positioned radially outermost and a second corner portion positioned radially innermost. For each of the permanent magnets, there are formed first and second gaps respectively between the first corner portion and the inner surface of the corresponding slot and between the second corner portion and the inner surface of the corresponding slot in a reference direction of the permanent magnet. The rotor core also has, for each of the permanent magnets, supporting portions each of which abuts and thereby supports, in the reference direction, a predetermined portion of the permanent magnet which is positioned away from both the first and second corner portions.

Abstract: A plurality of magnetic poles are disposed at intervals, in a circumferential direction, at an outer periphery of a rotor core. Each magnetic pole has a pair of permanent magnets disposed spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction, and a magnetic flux suppression hole that suppresses flow of magnetic flux and that is formed extending on the inward side in the radial direction, between inner-periphery-side end portions of each permanent magnet. The magnetic flux suppression hole is formed of two first holes respectively communicating with magnet insertion holes into which the permanent magnets are inserted, and a second hole that is formed between the first holes with bridge portions interposed therebetween. An outer-periphery-side end portion of the second hole is positioned further outward than an imaginary straight line that passes through the inner-periphery-side end portions of the pair of permanent magnets.

Abstract: A rotor of a permanent magnet embedded motor includes a rotor iron core formed by stacking a predetermined number of magnetic steel sheets punched into predetermined shapes, a plurality of permanent-magnet insertion holes formed along an outer circumferential portion of the rotor iron core and each including permanent-magnet end-portion cavities on its both ends, a plurality of permanent magnets inserted into the permanent-magnet insertion holes, and a plurality of slits formed in the outer-peripheral side iron core portion outside of each permanent-magnet insertion holes, wherein a distance between a first slit present in a radial direction of each of the end portions of the permanent magnets and a second slit, which is adjacent to the first slit and closer to the center of its magnetic pole, is smaller than a distance between those slits other than the first and second slits.

Abstract: A blower system, including a permanent magnet motor and a wind wheel. The permanent magnet motor includes a stator assembly, a rotor assembly, and a motor controller. The rotor assembly includes a salient pole rotor including a rotor core and magnets embedded in the rotor core. The motor controller includes a microprocessor, a frequency inverter, and a sensor unit. The sensor unit inputs a phase current or phase currents, a phase voltage, and a DC bus voltage into the microprocessor. The microprocessor outputs a signal to control the frequency inverter which is connected to a winding of the stator assembly. The ratio between an air gap of the motor and the thickness of the magnets ranges from 0.03 to 0.065, and the ratio between the length of a pole arc and the length of the magnets ranges from 0.8 to 1.0.

Abstract: An electrical machine is provided, in particular an electric motor having a stator and also a rotor which is mounted such that it can rotate about a rotor axis and has a rotor body, wherein permanent magnets are arranged in holders of the rotor body. The permanent magnets being composed of a mixed material, wherein the mixture is set in such a way that the mixed material has a remanence field strength Br of between 0.6 Tesla and 1 Tesla and a coercive field strength Hcj of between 1300 and 2500 KA/m. Permanent magnets or composite bodies can be arranged in holders, and the permanent magnets or composite bodies can have a contour, the cross-sectional area of said contour which is situated perpendicular to the longitudinal axis being reduced within the respective holder in the direction of the radially further outer end of said holder.

Abstract: There is provided a rotor core which increases the quality and reliability thereof by preventing the occurrence of a core separation of the rotor core. There is provided a rotor core including a plurality of substantially cylindrical core blocks which are stacked on each other; and a plurality of magnets, characterized in that a plurality of magnet holes extending in an axial direction are provided in the plurality of core blocks so as to extend over the plurality of core blocks in that the plurality of magnets are accommodated in each of the plurality of magnet accommodation holes and fixed therein with a resin, and in that an axial position of core block boundary planes where the plurality of core blocks are brought into abutment with each other and an axial position of magnet boundary planes where the plurality of magnets are brought into abutment with each other differ from each other.

Abstract: An electrical machine includes a rotor comprising a rotor core and a plurality of permanent magnets embedded radially within the rotor core to form a plurality of rotor poles. The electrical machine further includes a stator comprising a stator core disposed concentrically outside the rotor and including a plurality of stator teeth defining a plurality of stator slots there between. An arithmetic sum or difference of twice the number of stator teeth and the number of the stator poles equals the number of rotor poles.

Abstract: An interior permanent magnet motor in provided which is made up of a permanent magnet, and a rotor core of which an insertion aperture for the permanent magnet to be inserted thereinto is formed in the rotor core. Additionally, the interior permanent magnet motor includes a first end plate which is connected to the rotor core and of which a first seating portion for the permanent magnet is disposed thereto is formed in the first seating portion and a second end plate which is connected to the rotor core and of which a second seating portion for the permanent magnet is disposed thereto is formed in the second end plate.

Abstract: A rotor (1) comprising a plurality of alternating magnetic poles formed by permanent magnets (3) distributed regularly between a circumferential portion (5) and a central portion (6) of the magnetic body (2) of the rotor and defining circumferential pole sections (7). The pole sections have a pre-determined pole pitch (Thetarho) and comprise a lobe-forming radial section (8). The lobe-forming radial section partially covers the magnets, such as to maximize a useful magnetic flux (PhiU) flowing radially through each of the pole sections and to minimize a leakage magnetic flux flowing through the circumferential portion. The pole sections can have a pre-determined pole overlap angle (Thetar) such as to maximize the useful magnetic flux (PhiU) and to minimize the leakage magnetic flux (PhiL), said overlap angle (Thetar) being a viewing angle of the lobe (8) from a point on the axis of the rotor.

Abstract: An electromagnetic steel sheet formed body to be used in a rotor core in which a forward rotational direction and a reverse rotational direction are assigned to a clockwise direction along a circumferential direction around an axial center when viewed from a visual line including the axial center, wherein a first hollow portion, a second hollow portion, and a rib partitioning the first hollow portion and the second hollow portion is formed at the electromagnetic steel sheet formed body such that permanent magnets constituting a plurality of poles are arranged substantially at regular intervals at predetermined pole pitch angles along the circumferential direction, and that the permanent magnet disposed at one pole is arranged in a segmented manner as the first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet, when viewed from the visual line, and wherein the first hollow portion when viewed from the visual line is located closer to a side of the forward rotational direction than a centerline passing through a

Abstract: An interior permanent magnet machine includes a rotor configured to magnetically interact with a stator. First and second dividers are integrally formed within the rotor and configured to create a first layer of three respective first segments. Each of the respective first segments may be substantially arc-shaped. A plurality of first magnets may be positioned in the first layer. The first magnets may be substantially arc-shaped and defined around an arc center. A third and a fourth divider may be integrally formed within the rotor and configured to create a second layer of three respective second segments. The placement of dividers or structural webs provides for increased rotational speed and reduced rotational stress compared to an undivided arc-shaped magnet configuration.

Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a stator and a rotor. Each of magnetic poles of the rotor includes a magnet insertion hole, a permanent magnet that is inserted in the magnet insertion hole, and a nonmagnetic portion formed between the permanent magnet and an auxiliary salient pole. A portion of the rotor core located toward the stator relative to the nonmagnetic portion function as a bridge portion connecting a magnetic pole peace with the auxiliary salient pole. A side of the nonmagnetic portion located toward the stator includes a first side at the bridge portion, extending along a virtual circular arc passing through the permanent magnet insertion hole closest to the stator, and a side of the nonmagnetic portion located toward the auxiliary salient pole includes a second side extending away from the stator, with the first side and the second side connected through a curved line.

Abstract: A technique for fixing permanent magnets of a drive motor rotor for a vehicle may include inserting permanent magnets into a plurality of permanent magnet insertion holes that are formed at a predetermined distance from each other in a circumferential direction of a rotor core, applying magnetic force to the rotor core with a magnetic force generator, such that the magnetic force is formed in an axial or a radial direction of the rotor core to instantly fix the position of the permanent magnets, and adding a fixation material to the permanent magnet insertion holes to fix the permanent magnets.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods for manufacturing a rotor (14) for an electric machine (13), having the following method steps: a) manufacturing a magnetic element (8) by bonding permanent magnets (1, 1?, 1?, 1??) by means of a first adhesive, each permanent magnet (1, 1?, 1?, 1??) having a side with a magnetic North pole (N) and a side with a magnetic South pole (S), the permanent magnets (1, 1?, 1?, 1??) being arranged during bonding such that the sides of the magnetic North poles (N) or the sides of the magnetic South poles (S) form a common underside (3, 3?, 3?, 3??) of the magnetic elements (8), the first adhesive having a hard consistency in the cured state; and b) bonding the underside of the magnetic element (8) to a yoke (12) by means of a second adhesive, the second adhesive being soft and elastic in the cured state. Furthermore, the invention relates to an associated rotor.

Abstract: Provided is a rotary electric machine, including: a stator; and a rotor provided on the stator so as to be rotatable about a rotation shaft, in which the rotor includes, at an outer circumference thereof, magnetic poles arranged so as to have different polarities alternately, the magnetic poles being formed of a rotor core in which electromagnetic steel plates are stacked, the magnetic poles being excited by permanent magnets which are housed in gaps disposed at an outer circumferential part of the rotor core, and in which the rotor core includes, at an inner circumferential part thereof, in the same stack plane: a short circuit magnetic path connecting magnetic pole pieces which form the magnetic poles; and a protruding portion held in contact with the permanent magnets, which is positioned between magnetic pole pieces which are not connected to the short circuit magnetic path.

Abstract: A rotor for a permanent magnet electric machine includes an axis of rotation, an outer surface, and a cross-section orthogonal to the axis of rotation with a non-circular contour of the outer surface defined by a plurality of radii angularly distributed around the axis of rotation.

Abstract: A rotor includes a plurality of permanent magnets arranged annularly around an axis and a rotor core. The rotor core includes 2N (where N is a natural number) magnetic pole faces and a plurality of magnetic barriers. The 2N magnetic pole faces produce, due to the plurality of permanent magnets, magnetic poles in a radial direction in such a manner that different polarities can be alternately produced around the axis. The magnetic barriers are provided at a side close to the magnetic pole faces relative to the permanent magnets. At least one of the magnetic barriers is provided in each region obtained by equally dividing the rotor core into (2N+1), ((N+1)×2) or ((N?1)×2) angles around the axis.

Abstract: A motor in which drive current supplied to a winding is controlled in accordance with a rotational position of a rotor detected from a waveform of an induced voltage between phases. The motor is provided with a stator including 3×n teeth and windings for three phases. A rotor includes a rotor core, an n number of magnets, and an n number of salient poles. The magnets function as one of the magnetic poles, the salient poles function as the other one of the magnetic poles. Each salient pole is spaced apart by a gap from the adjacent ones of the magnets in the circumferential direction. The magnets and gap are arranged inward in the radial direction from the rotor core. An electrical angle between two ends of each magnet is set to be smaller than an electrical angle between two ends of each salient pole.

Abstract: An accommodating recess (21A, 21B) has a magnet accommodating portion (19A, 19B) for accommodating a permanent magnet (17A, 17B) and a cavity (20A, 20B), which is located at the q-axis side of the magnet accommodating portion. The cavity opens through a rotor outer circumferential surface (162). A starting point (Pa1, Pb1) of an outer cavity forming surface (201A, 201B) is located on the rotor outer circumferential surface. The outer cavity forming surface intersects either a magnetic pole surface or an imaginary extended plane (23A, 23B) of a magnetic pole facing surface (191A, 191B). The rotor outer circumferential surface (162) includes portions of an imaginary annular line (E). A starting point (Pa1, Pb1) of the outer cavity forming surface (201A, 201B) is located between the d-axis and an intersection point (Qa, Qb) between the imaginary annular line and the imaginary extended plan of the magnetic pole facing surface.

Abstract: Provided are a rotating electrical machine and a method for manufacturing the rotating electrical machine, wherein the tapered surface of a plate-side tapered section and the tapered surface of a shaft-side tapered section are bonded with pressure by having forces operate between a plurality of plate-side protruding sections and a plurality of shaft-side protruding sections n the directions wherein the plate-side protruding sections and the shaft-side protruding sections are separated from each other. Thus, a ring core is fixed to a shaft.

Abstract: A rotor for a permanent magnet electric motor includes a rotor core having a generally cylindrical shape with an outer circumferential surface and a rotational axis and a plurality of magnet insertion hole arrangements formed in the rotor core and arranged circumferentially at a preset angular interval about the rotational axis. Each hole arrangement has a radially inward side, a radially outward side, and two ends that are respectively spaced apart from the circumferential surface by respective bridge regions formed by the rotor core. The material of the bridge regions is metallurgically transformed by having its grain structure changed, e.g., by heating the material to at least its Curie temperature, whereby the material possesses greater magnetic reluctance than the material of adjacent portions of the rotor core.

Abstract: A permanent magnet rotor assembly for an electric machine includes a rotor core including one or more axially-extending openings and one or more permanent magnets located in the one or more axially-extending openings defining one or more gaps between the one or more permanent magnets and the one or more axially-extending openings. One or more thermally-conductive bars are located in the one or more gaps to transfer thermal energy from an interior of the rotor assembly toward an axial end of the rotor assembly.

Abstract: An electric machine includes a primary section, a secondary section interacting with the primary section via an air gap during operation of the electric machine, and a first base element fastened to the secondary section. The base element includes a first pole shoe having a first end and a second end, with the second end of the first pole shoe facing the air gap, a second pole shoe having a first end and a second end, with the second end of the second pole shoe facing the air gap, and a permanent magnet disposed between the first pole shoe and the second pole shoe. The permanent magnet has a magnetization from the first pole shoe to the second pole shoe, and is formed by a matrix with a magnetically active material embedded therein.

Abstract: A motor-driven compressor includes a housing, a rotary shaft, a compression mechanism and an electric motor. The housing includes a suction port and a discharge port. The compression mechanism is disposed in the housing and compresses refrigerant flowed through the suction port into the compression mechanism and discharges the refrigerant through the discharge port. The electric motor is disposed in the housing and drives the rotary shaft to rotate to drive the compression mechanism. The electric motor includes a rotor fixedly mounted on the rotary shaft and a stator fixed to the housing. The rotor includes a permanent magnet and a compressor interior environment improvement agent containing at least one of an absorbent for absorbing moisture and a neutralizer for neutralizing acid.

Abstract: A rotor assembly, including: a permanent magnet, a rotor core, and a magnetic loop. The rotor core includes an annular ring including a central axial bore, and a plurality of magnetic induction blocks protruding outward from an outer side of the annular ring. A through hole is arranged on the magnetic induction block. A radial recess is formed between every two adjacent magnetic induction blocks for mounting the permanent magnet. An end plate and a base plate are disposed on an end surface and a bottom surface of the rotor core by injection molding, respectively. A connecting column passes through the through hole and connects the end plate and the base plate as a whole body. An end surface of the end plate protrudes upward to form a magnetic loop bracket. The magnetic loop is disposed on the magnetic loop bracket.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a rotor shaft, at least one pole segment, at least one pole tip segment and at least one permanent magnet pair. The at least one pole segment is mechanically coupled to the rotor shaft. Each permanent magnet pair is disposed between the at least one pole segment and respective pole tip segment. The apparatus further includes at least one mechanical member that mechanically restrains the at least one pole tip segment to at least one of the rotor shaft or the at least one pole segment.

Abstract: A blower system, including a permanent magnet motor and a wind wheel. The permanent magnet motor includes a stator assembly, a rotor assembly, and a motor controller. The rotor assembly includes a salient pole rotor including a rotor core and magnets embedded in the rotor core. The motor controller includes a microprocessor, a frequency inverter, and a sensor unit. The sensor unit inputs a phase current or phase currents, a phase voltage, and a DC bus voltage into the microprocessor. The microprocessor outputs a signal to control the frequency inverter which is connected to a winding of the stator assembly. The ratio between an air gap of the motor and the thickness of the magnets ranges from 0.03 to 0.065, and the ratio between the length of a pole arc and the length of the magnets ranges from 0.8 to 1.0.

Abstract: A field element core has a perimeter exposed around a rotation axis and a plurality of field magnet insertion holes circularly disposed around the rotation axis P. A radius between the perimeter and the rotation axis P decreases in a monotonically non-increasing manner from a pole center toward an interpole and then increases in a monotonically non-decreasing manner in a region between the pole center and the interpole in a circumferential direction.

Abstract: A rotor according to an embodiment includes a cylindrical rotor core in which a plurality of magnet embedding grooves are radially arranged, ferrite magnets, and samarium-based magnets. The ferrite magnets and the samarium-base magnets are arranged in juxtaposition in a radial direction in the magnet embedding grooves provided on the rotor.

Abstract: A permanent magnetic rotor for an electric motor, preferably for an internal rotor motor, includes a laminated core consisting of several rotor sheets that are stacked in the axial direction. Permanent magnets are arranged in receiving pockets formed by recesses of the rotor sheets, the laminated core being composed of at least two differently shaped types of rotor sheets. Several rotor sheets of a first type of rotor sheet are provided as retaining sheets that respectively include a central yoke lamination section that is connected or can be connected to the rotor shaft and respectively one or more external pole shoe sections that are connected to the yoke lamination section by one or more connecting bars or bar sections, and several rotor sheets of a second type of rotor sheet are provided as intermediate sheets without connecting bars.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electric machine excited by a permanent magnet. The electric machine comprises a rotor arrangement having buried permanent magnets and a stator arrangement having an inner recess for rotationally movably receiving the rotor arrangement, the rotor arrangement comprising a plurality of rotor segments, each having a pole shoe, the outer contour thereof corresponding to an arc contour having a contour radius, the contour radius being smaller than the radius of the rotor arrangement, thus forming a gap between two adjacent rotor segments, the at least one outer contour of one of the rotor segments having an arc contour, wherein the dimensions of the contour are optimized with regard to the distortion factor of the course of the flux density distribution of the pole shoe.

Abstract: A rotor comprises a rotor core, a plurality of magnetic poles arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotor core, a plurality of salient poles and a plurality of auxiliary magnets each of which is disposed between the magnetic pole and the salient pole is provided. Each magnet pole has a field magnet pole that serves as a first magnetic pole, wherein the field magnet is a main magnet. Each salient pole is integrally formed with the rotor core between the two adjacent magnetic poles. Each salient pole serves as a second magnetic pole. The pole of the second magnetic pole is opposite from that of the first magnetic pole. The auxiliary magnet generates magnetic flux in a circumferential direction of the rotor core so that the magnetic pole and an opposing pole of the auxiliary magnet have the same polarity and the salient pole and another opposing pole of the auxiliary magnet have the same polarity.

Abstract: An interior permanent magnet machine is provided with a rotor that includes a plurality of slots and at least one barrier defined by the plurality of slots. A plurality of first and second magnets are disposed within the barrier. The rotor is configured such that at least one of the first magnets is located at a different radial distance from the center of the rotor relative to at least one of the second magnets. The rotor may be configured to produce an averaging effect similar to that achieved through traditional skewing of rotor magnets. The rotor includes a plurality of poles defined by respective pole axes in the rotor and may be configured to reflect radial asymmetry between poles (pole-to-pole) and/or radial asymmetry within a pole.

Abstract: Line-start permanent-magnet (LSPM) rotors, rotor components, and machines using LSPM rotors, where the PM rotors have PM bulks in W-like shapes, vent openings between PM bulks, and/or air gaps at ends of PM bulks in the W-like shapes.

Abstract: The multiple-gap electric rotating machine includes a rotor cantilever-supported at a first axial end thereof by a rotor arm coupled to a rotating shaft. The rotor includes a laminated core of core sheets made of soft magnetic material and an end-surface core disposed on a surface of the laminated core on a second axial end of the rotor. The laminated core includes segments joined in a ring and each formed with a salient pole structure at each of radially inner and outer peripheries thereof. The end-surface core includes soft magnetic sections made of steel and non-magnetic sections made of stainless steel, which are joined together in a ring. The laminated core is held between the rotor arm and the end-surface core, and fixed to the rotor arm by rivets penetrating through the rotor arm, laminated core and the end -surface core.