Abstract: An electric motor comprises a stator assembly having at least two armature coils, and a rotor assembly arranged radially inward of the stator assembly. The rotor assembly has a rotor core, a magnetic ring, and a plurality of permanent magnets. The rotor core is substantially cylindrical in shape and constructed of a diamagnetic material. The magnetic ring is positioned about the rotor core, and the permanent magnets are positioned in the magnetic ring in such a way that magnetic fields created by the armature coils provide an attractive force which selectively attracts the permanent magnets toward the armature coils so as to impart rotational mechanical energy to the rotor assembly.

Abstract: A flux path and core loss reduction assembly is provided. The assembly comprises a magnetizable peripheral rotor section upon which armature windings are disposed, isolated from the rest of the assembly by a non-magnetizable core. The assembly also comprises a magnetizable inner stator section upon which armature windings are disposed, isolated from the rest of the assembly by a non-magnetizable enclosure. The assembly additionally comprises flux path reduction windings wound to reduce the magnetic flux paths created when the windings are electromagnetically activated by a current. The assembly further comprises a programmable control for varying the rotor speed by varying the switching rate of stator winding polarity.