Abstract: A magneto for a motor vehicle includes a flywheel having an exciting source and adapted to rotate in timed relation to the engine, and an armature to be excited by the exciting source. It also comprises an elastic steel cover on at least the inner surfaces of its magnet elements, so that the elements are pressed against, and positioned with respect to, the inner surface of the rim of tray-shaped flywheel.

Abstract: A rotor structure for a magneto generator is disclosed which comprises a yoke of cup-like shape consisting of a cylindrical wall and a side wall extending from one end of the cylindrical wall, a plurality of magnets provided by permanent magnets disposed on the inner surface of the cylindrical wall of the yoke in a relation spaced apart by a predetermined distance along the circumference of the cylindrical wall. The magnets are maintained in the predetermined positions by a pair of spaced annular holding plates having respective surfaces facing each other to make area contact respectively with and sandwich the magnets in a direction of the axis of the yoke, and a cylindrical holding plate acting to press the magnets against the inner surface of the cylindrical wall of the yoke by making area contact with the inner surfaces of the magnets.