Abstract: A rotor for use in an electric machine, such as an electric motor having a pair of stators and a rotor, which includes a central sheet, typically connected to a rotating shaft, having a pair of opposing faces, typically parallel, and one or more pairs of permanent magnets. The magnets of each pair of magnets are connected to the central sheet directly or nearly opposite from each other on opposing faces of the central sheet. The pair of magnets are mounted so that their polar orientation is co-directional.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 29, 1993
Date of Patent:
March 14, 2000
Assignee:
Samot Engineering (1992) Ltd.
Inventors:
Alexander Sromin, Alexander Altfeld, Moshe Hiterer, David Nimirovsky