Abstract: A method is presented for secure communication, the method including generating a signature using a private key, a nonce, and at least one of an identifier and a key component; and transmitting the signature, the nonce, a security parameter, and the at least one of the identifier and the key component, wherein the security parameter associates a user identity with a public key, the public key being associated with the private key.

Abstract: A direct current brushless electric motor has a rotor, and a stator with inwardly extending teeth, between each pair of which a winding slot is defined. The radially inward face of each tooth has a dummy slot shaped so the reluctance forces between rotor and stator due to the presence of the dummy slots are the same as those due to the winding slots. Motor control arrangement incorporates a current feedback loop based on the incoming phase of each phase combination in the phase energization sequence in a driving mode and phase changeover may be initiated by Hall devices, two for each transition point, underlying the axial ends of the rotor magnets. The control arrangement may incorporate a pulse width modulation power supply permitting the establishment of bias currents under motor standstill conditions.

Abstract: A direct current brushless electric motor has a rotor, and a stator with inwardly extending teeth, between each pair of which a winding slot is defined. The radially inward face of each tooth has a dummy slot shaped so the reluctance forces between rotor and stator due to the presence of the dummy slots are the same as those due to the winding slots. Motor control means incorporate a current feedback loop based on the incoming phase of each phase combination in the phase energization sequence in a driving mode and phase changeover may be initiated by Hall devices, two for each transition point, underlying the axial ends of the rotor magnets. The control means may incorporate a pulse width modulation power supply permitting the establishment of bias currents under motor standstill conditions.