Abstract: An electric motor-generator with a plurality of field coils spaced about the periphery of a stator, and a plurality of permanent magnets spaced about the periphery of each of a pair of rotors, the pair of rotors disposed one on each side of the stator, such that during rotation of the rotors, a center of each magnet generally passes across a center of each coil. The magnets arrayed on respective rotors in alternate pole orientation N-S S-N, the magnets of one rotor offset from the magnets of the other rotor by one pole orientation, such that as a N pole on the one rotor is passing directly across one end of a field coil, a S pole of a corresponding magnet on the other rotor is passing directly across the other end of the field coll. A rotary electrical switch enables paired alternating periods of current flow and no current flow into respective stator field coils, such that in a period pair the period of current flow is shorter than the period of no current flow.

Abstract: A submerged waterborne data center facility that employs a feedback-control system to control any one of a condensation function, depth function, and a wired or wireless data transfer function utilizing on-board and out-board sensors operatively coupled to an operational state change controller, controlling for a hygrostat-coupled heater, depth thruster, and, or a radio frequency modulation unit.

Abstract: An electric motor having low vibration and/or noise comprises a rotor or stator comprising permanent magnets each comprising at least two pole pairs, with an internal flux gap within the permanent magnets between adjacent internal pole pairs. The internal flux gap between the internal pole pairs may be similar to an external pole to pole physical spacing between adjacent poles of adjacent magnets. The motor is suitable for use in for example a laundry washing machine or dryer or washer-dryer.

Abstract: Circular force generator devices (100), systems, and methods for damping vibrations which include two complementary rotor assemblies (110, 120) that are rotatable together about a common shaft (102) but that have an adjustable rotational position (P1, P2) with respect to one another such that a significant reduction in rotor inertia and bearing drag relative to conventional CFG configurations is provided. The present architecture creates virtually zero rotating moment.

Abstract: A system for a rotor with directional magnetic field configured for use in electric aircraft motor that includes a magnet array having an outer cylindrical surface, an inner cylindrical surface, an upper edge, and a lower edge, which further includes a plurality of magnets, where the plurality of magnets is configured to create a directional magnet field and an electrically insulating epoxy, where the electrically insulating epoxy envelops at least a portion of the plurality of magnets.

Abstract: A multi-disk brake system comprises an electrical generator disposed therein. The electrical generator is configured to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy. The mechanical energy may be generated during a braking event of the multi-disk brake system. The electric generator may power various electrical components on the aircraft or store the electrical energy in a capacitor bank. The electric generator may also act as a motor and/or power a landing gear in a motor configuration.

Abstract: A vehicle propulsion system comprises a combustion engine with a flywheel secured to a crank shaft of the engine. A starter motor and a generator are combined in one electric machine having a stator rigidly connected to a vehicle frame fixed part and provided with windings connected to an arrangement storing electric energy for being fed with electric energy from the arrangement in motor operation of the electric machine and feeding electric energy to the arrangement in generator operation of the electric machine and a rotor connected to the flywheel so as to make the rotor and flywheel rotating in dependence of each other. At least one of the stator and rotor has a member projecting into a recess portion of the other so as to form air gaps for magnetic flux between the rotor and the stator on both sides of the projecting member.

Abstract: A joint actuator assembly incudes a motor, a rotating driving member driven by the motor for driving a driven component, and a transmission assembly located between the motor and the rotating driving member that provides speed reduction from the motor to the rotating driving member. The rotating driving member includes a magnetic/electrical coupling comprising a magnetic coupling component configured to magnetically couple with an opposing magnetic coupling of the driven component, and an electrical element configured to provide an electrical connection to an opposing electrical element of the driven component. The actuator and driven component may be combined into a mobility device including a magnetic/electrical coupling system comprising a first magnetic/electrical coupling on the actuator assembly that magnetically and electrically couples to a second magnetic/electrical coupling on the driven component.

Abstract: A starter/generator system that includes a first and second electric machine. The first electric machine has a first rotor and a first stator where the first rotor is adapted to receive kinetic energy and the first stator includes a first set of windings. The second electric machine has a second rotor rotatable and a second stator. The second stator is fixed relative to the first stator and the second stator includes a second set of windings.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an inhibitor integrated actuator shift control device capable of controlling a position of a gear shift by improving control performance and durability through position control of a brushless direct current (BLDC) motor by an inductive sensor, forming a metallic uneven portion on an output shaft flange part of a reducer, and detecting a variation amount in induced current due to the metallic uneven portion.

Abstract: A motor stator assembly, a synchronous motor and a passenger transport device are provided by the present disclosure. The motor stator assembly includes: a stator base disposed axially around a motor drive shaft, the stator base having a receiving space and two stator end faces, and the receiving space being disposed between the two stator end faces and disposed along a circumferential outer side of the stator base; and a plurality of coil assemblies each inserted in the receiving space in a radial direction of the stator base. According to the motor stator assembly, the synchronous motor and the passenger transport device of the present disclosure, by providing a plurality of coil assemblies inserted in the stator base, the maintenance or replacement can be performed as needed, the maintenance is convenient, and less time-consuming, and also has reliable performances.

Abstract: There is provided a combustion engine and an electric generator. The combustion engine comprises an engine housing, a cylindrical member configured to rotate about an axis within a cavity of the engine housing, a piston, and an engagement section for engaging the piston. The piston is mounted to the engine housing and the engagement section is mounted to the cylindrical member, or the piston is mounted to the cylindrical member and the engagement section is mounted to the engine housing, such that the piston and the engagement section periodically rotate past one another as the cylindrical member is rotated within the engine housing. The piston engages the engagement section as they rotate past one another, the engagement forcing the piston to compress gases in a combustion chamber, which fire to drive the rotation of the cylindrical member. The electric generator may be driven by the combustion engine.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus for detecting a steering angle, a steering system, and a torque sensing method of the steering system. The apparatus includes a rotor formed in a cylindrical shape having a central region, in which a space for housing a rotary shaft is formed, and configured to have a plurality of permanent magnets of different polarities alternately disposed at regular intervals in a circumferential direction, a stator body formed in a cylindrical shape having a space for housing the rotor, and two stator rings formed in ring shapes coupled to the stator body and disposed at a certain distance in a longitudinal direction of the rotary shaft. Accordingly, it is possible to calculate an accurate torque, and a response rate is increased so that stability and performance of the steering system can be improved.

Abstract: A rotating electric device comprising: an outer stator (210) comprising an outer stator iron core (211) having a plurality of outer stator winding slots (213) formed on the inner peripheral surface thereof at a predetermined interval in the circumferential direction, and an outer winding (510) wound around an outer stator iron core tooth (218) relatively formed by a pair of outer stator winding slots (213) adjacent to each other; an inner stator (220) comprising an inner stator iron core (221) having a plurality of inner stator winding slots (223) formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof at a predetermined interval in the circumferential direction; and a rotor (300) having, between the outer stator (210) and the inner stator (220).

Abstract: A magnetic performance measuring device for serialized claw-pole generator rotors is consisted with: an excitation power supply turn-on mechanism, a rotor magnetic field detecting mechanism, a measuring position adjusting mechanism and a pressing mechanism that are successively and fixedly arranged, wherein the rotor magnetic field detecting mechanism including a detection box, a positioning base, an adjusting ring, a shaft sleeve and a serialized grooved magnetic conduction ring that are successively arranged in the detection box, and the adjusting ring and the shaft sleeve are used to position different models of tested rotors to achieve a serialized measurement.

Abstract: A motor comprising: (a) a stator having a plurality of ferrous cores surrounded by a plurality of windings; (b) a pair of rotors positioned on opposing sides of the stator, each rotor including a ring gear; and (c) a drive shaft extending through a cutout of the stator, the drive shaft having a pinion gear positioned near an end of the drive shaft in communication with the ring gears of the rotors; wherein the rotors rotate in opposing directions so that the ring gears translate a movement of the rotors to the drive shaft through the pinion gear to rotate the drive shaft in a direction substantially orthogonal to a direction of rotation of the rotors.

Abstract: A control unit comprises a calculation unit, a determination unit, and a motor rotation control unit. The calculation unit calculates the rate of change in water level, which indicates the amount of change in water level per a predetermined period of time, on the basis of the result of sensing by a water level sensor in connection with a water supply stroke. The determination unit determines whether laundry having a waterproof property is contained in a drum or not on the basis of the rate of change in water level during the water supply stroke calculated by the calculation unit. When it is determined that laundry having a waterproof property is contained in the drum, the motor rotation control unit controls the operation of a driving motor such that the drum is rotated at a predetermined number of rotations or less during the dewatering stroke.

Abstract: There is provided a system comprising a brushless DC (“BLDC”) electric motor for a propeller engine and a motor controller. The motor comprises a rotor including one or more permanent magnets and one or more alternator windings, and a stator including one or more stator windings. The controller is configured to apply a first, transient DC voltage to the windings of the stator, wherein the first, transient DC voltage is configured to provide commutation switching for the windings of the stator so as to generate a torque on the rotor. The controller is further configured to apply a second, static DC voltage to the windings of the stator, wherein the second, static DC voltage is configured to induce an electric current in the alternator windings so as to generate an AC voltage in the alternator windings.

Abstract: The electrical motor includes a stator and a rotor configured to be rotated about an axis wherein the rotor includes at least three rotor subsegments, wherein a first and second rotor subsegment can be turned relative to one another about the axis in response to a rotation speed range being above a predetermined threshold value of a rotation speed of the electrical machine.

Abstract: A permanent magnet electric motor for a vehicle comprises a stator comprising a round wire defining N portions and a stator lamination defining an inner surface, N slots, and N/2 alternating, full-slot-width apertures in the inner surface, wherein the N portions of the round wire are disposed in the N slots, respectively, and a rotor comprising M permanent magnet assemblies defining M respective poles, each of the M permanent magnet assemblies comprising a pair or bar magnets arranged in a V-shaped configuration with respect to each other, wherein N equals 6 and M equals 4 or N and M equal respective double multiples thereof, and a rotor lamination having the M permanent magnet assembles disposed therein and defining, for each of the M permanent magnet assemblies, at least three sets of air pockets disposed proximate to the respective permanent magnet assembly.

Abstract: An axial field rotary energy device or system includes an axis, a PCB stator and rotors having respective permanent magnets. The rotors rotate about the axis relative to the PCB stator. A variable frequency drive (VFD) having VFD components are coupled to the axial field rotary energy device. An enclosure contains the axial field rotary energy device and the VFD, such that the axial field rotary device and the VFD are integrated together within the enclosure. In addition, a cooling system is integrated with the enclosure to cool the axial field rotary energy device and the VFD.

Abstract: This application relates to translating mechanical energy from a low-speed rotor to a high-speed rotor or vice versa in a magnetic gearbox. More specifically, this application discloses various embodiments of a coaxial magnetic gearbox with flux concentration Halbach rotors. In certain implementations, the device further comprises a circular back iron (or other ferromagnetic material) disposed concentrically along the axis of the cylindrical magnetic gearing device. In such embodiments, this flux concentration back iron (or ferromagnetic pole) improves the torque density and can also help retain the magnets in place.

Abstract: A stator of a brushless motor includes a stator core and a plurality of coils. The stator core includes a base portion having an annular plate shape and a plurality of teeth protruding from one surface of the base portion in an axial direction and disposed in a circumferential direction. The plurality of coils is respectively wound by concentrated winding along peripheral surfaces of the plurality of teeth. The base portion includes an inner circumferential edge that is recessed radially outward from an inner end of each of the plurality of teeth or the base portion includes an outer circumferential edge that is recessed radially inward from an outer end of each of the plurality of teeth.

Abstract: An electric motor control system including an electric motor having a winding with a first and second end, a motor controller having a phase lead, the motor controller operable to direct a phase current to the phase lead. The electric motor control system also includes a first switching device that provides an electrical connection between the phase lead and the first end of the first winding when in a disabled state, and thereby flowing the phase current from the phase lead to the first end of the first winding, and a second switching device operably connected to the motor controller and providing an electrical connection between the second end of the first winding and a common point, when in an enabled state. The motor controller is operable to change the state of the first switching device to enabled, and the second switching device to disabled, under selected conditions.

Abstract: A fan unit in which a structure of a fan and a driving source thereof is improved to realize stable and high-efficient fan driving, thereby obtaining a high suction force in a stick type electric cleaner. The fan unit installed in a stick type electric cleaner includes a first fan and a second fan disposed in a line on the same rotation axis and a driving motor configured to drive the first fan and the second fan. The second fan is configured to be rotated in a direction opposite of a direction in which the first fan is rotated.

Abstract: A non-mechanical differential coaxial counter-rotating power device (100) includes an inner shaft (51), an outer shaft (52), a reluctance rotor (30), a permanent magnet rotor (40), a stator (10) and a driving device (20). The outer shaft (52) is fitted over the inner shaft (51), an end of the inner shaft (51) protruding from the outer shaft (52). The reluctance rotor (30) is connected to one of the end of the inner shaft (51) and an end of the outer shaft (52), and the permanent magnet rotor (40) is connected to the other one of the end of the inner shaft (51) and the end of the outer shaft (52). The stator (10) is coaxially disposed with the reluctance rotor (30) and disposed at an inner side or an outer side of the reluctance rotor (30) opposite to the permanent magnet rotor (40). The stator (10) includes a stator core (11) and a main winding (12) and an auxiliary winding (13), and the main winding and the auxiliary winding are wound around the stator core (11).

Abstract: A method for reducing a cogging torque produced by at least two brushless electric motors used simultaneously includes determining a period of the cogging torque for each of the two brushless electric motors and putting the period for each motor into phase opposition. Each of the brushless electric motors may include a rotor connected to an output shaft and a stator. The rotor may include at least one permanent magnet, and the stator may have at least two receiving volumes for at least three coils generating a magnetic field.

Abstract: A dual-rotor wing motor includes a sleeve separating an inner shaft from an outer shaft. An external bearing is independently coupled to a shaft cover while an internal bearing is independently coupled to the inner shaft, and thus the external bearing and the internal bearing independently bear a friction force due to the rotation of the respective single shaft, the heat generated by the friction force can be reduced and the lubricant cannot be easily evaporated. Accordingly, the service life of the dual-rotor wing motor of the present invention can be prolonged.

Abstract: An electric machine system disclosed herein comprises first and second electric machines configured to drive a load. The first electric machine has a plurality of first rotors. The second electric machine has a plurality of second rotors. At least one of the second rotors is indexed relative to a respective one of the first rotors to, in use, provide a torque phase offset between the first and second electric machines. A shaft is coupled to the load and connects the respective one of the first rotors with the at least one of the second rotors. The respective one of the first rotors is coaxial with and axially spaced apart from the at least one of the second rotors.

Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein for switched reluctance machine configurations. In at least one embodiment, a switched reluctance machine configured according to the teachings herein includes an axially extending shaft, an axially extending rotor mounted to the shaft, the rotor having a plurality of salient rotor poles, an axially extending stator disposed coaxially and concentrically with the rotor, the stator having a plurality of salient stator poles protruding radially from the stator towards the rotor poles, a plurality of stator teeth and tooth-tips, and a plurality of electrical coils wound about the stator poles to define a plurality of phases of the switched reluctance machine, where a number of stator poles can be determined according to the following equation and at least one constraint condition: N s = N t × LCM ? ( N s , N r ) N r × N ph × S 1 × S 2 .

Abstract: An actuation assembly includes a drive mechanism that has an array of magnetic members moveable along an axis, and a gear train that has an input and an output. The drive mechanism causes the input to move in response to generating an electromagnetic field that interacts with at least one of the array of magnetic members.

Abstract: A homopolar DC electromagnetic transmission (HET) and an application system thereof are provided. The HET includes two rotors, a stator, an external auxiliary system and an adjustment control system. Each of the rotors has one or more axisymmetric rotor magnetic conductors, and the stator has one or more direct current magnet exciting coils wound around an axis of a rotation shaft. A main magnetic circuit is guided to be a closed ring. The HET includes at least two main magnetic circuits. The HET includes a closed main current loop. The loop is connected with all the rotor magnetic conductors, a rotor electric conductor, a dynamic/static circuit connecting medium, stator conductors and stator magnetic conductors in series or in series and parallel. A direction of main current on the rotor magnetic conductors is perpendicular to a direction of magnetic flux (?) on meridian plane.

Abstract: A rotor in one embodiment includes an annular rotor main unit and a fitting portion that extends inward or outward one of an inner circumference and an outer circumference of the rotor main unit to be connected with a rotary shaft. The fitting portion is formed at a position at which a centerline of the fitting portion is offset in parallel with respect to a normal line that is associated with a tangent line of the one of the inner circumference and the outer circumference.

Abstract: An electromagnetic machine includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor is adapted to rotate about an axis. The stator includes a support structure, a plurality of bobbins engaged to the support structure, and a plurality of electric coils with each one wound about a respective bobbin of the plurality of bobbins.

Abstract: A backpack-type blower according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a plurality of fans, a plurality of DC power supplies and a backpack. The plurality of fans and the plurality of DC power supplies are mounted on the backpack. The backpack-type blower is configured to blow winds from the plurality of fans together.

Abstract: A first, and second twin AC inverters for a hybrid vehicle, whereby, the first and second inverters having a first, and second twin AC hard wire terminal blocks, a cool-down C-D process, and a conventional Engine Control Unit computerized remote-control drive system, whereby, being capable of activating the twin AC terminal blocks for Freeway speed, hills, faster acceleration, and a hybrid vehicle momentum regenerative braking kinetic energy process for: charging a battery-pack, and multiple batteries. The computer being capable of activating the first terminal block, when the cool-down process is to end, and deactivating the second terminal block, when the cool-down process is to begin. The Computer is capable of activating the first, or second terminal blocks, whereby, for operating in conjunction with one another for the Freeway speed for charging the battery?pack, including multiple batteries with respect to the above modification.

Abstract: A coreless electromagnetic machine includes a dual rotor and a stator. The dual rotor is adapted to rotate about an axis, and includes inner and outer rotor segments. The outer rotor segment is spaced radially outward from, and axially aligned to, the inner rotor segment. The inner and outer rotor segments radially define an annular chamber. The stator is disposed, at least in-part, in the annular chamber.

Abstract: A fan motor for an air conditioner includes a rotor shaft, a plurality of rotor cores arranged in a circumferential direction about a center of the rotor shaft, a bridge configured to couple the rotor cores, permanent magnets coupled to the plurality of rotor cores, and an insert-injected rotor body provided in a space formed through the rotor shaft, the rotor cores, the bridge, and the permanent magnets. A cable holder for the fan motor includes an upper cable holder in which a plurality of protrusion walls are formed downwardly, a lower cable holder in which a plurality of guide walls coupled between the plurality of protrusion walls are formed upwardly, and a soldering land which is formed in a lower portion of the lower cable holder and upon which a wire can be soldered.

Abstract: Provided is a motor system adapted for modern society, which does not use a rare-earth magnet, improves a torque weight ratio by approximately one digit in comparison with the conventional motor, and has transfer efficiency of 90% between electric energy and rotational energy. A stator (1) has a dual-ring tooth-groove iron core, which has magnetic pole surface on both side surfaces and receives coils of basically two-phase structure divided to be multiplexed, with divided coils being interconnected. A rotor (2) is formed to be capable of rotating while holding eight sets of attraction poles having magnetic pole surfaces on both ends, with each set of attraction poles forming four air-gap-facing surfaces by positioning the dual-ring tooth-groove iron core between the attraction poles so that both side surfaces of the dual-ring tooth-groove iron core face the attraction poles via an air gap (6).

Abstract: A device is provided for activating a synchronous machine arranged in a vehicle. The vehicle has a gearbox and driven wheels in operative connection therewith. The synchronous machine is designed to drive the driven wheels via the gearbox. In the vehicle there is a lubricating unit, which is designed to lubricate the gearbox by way of a lubricant, for this purpose the lubricant flowing through the gearbox and at least part of the synchronous machine. The device is configured to operate the synchronous machine in a heating operating mode, which is different from a customary driving operating mode, when there are defined conditions that require heating when starting. At least one operating variable of the synchronous machine is set in the heating operating mode specifically such that, in the synchronous machine, there is a greater current heat loss in comparison with the customary driving operating mode, in order in this way to heat up the lubricant in the heating operating mode.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a magnetically geared DC brushless motor and method of using the same. The motor may use multiple separately terminable winding sections wrapped around motor armatures. At least one of the separately terminable winding sections may have windings around adjacent armatures. The motor may be configured to activate certain winding sections to control the velocity and torque outputs of the motor. The winding sections may include copper wire, and the separate winding sections may have wires of different gauge sizes. Various winding sections may be powered by separate voltage sources. Various winding sections may be powered by separate pulse-width modulation voltage sources. The motor may be configured to increase and/or decrease the voltage of a winding section or combination of sections to prepare for the activation or deactivation of another winding section or combination of winding sections.

Abstract: A first electric stator surrounds a first electric rotor and is configured to cause the first electric rotor to rotate or generate electricity in the first electric stator when the first electric rotor rotates. The first electric stator includes a first set of electric windings. A second electric stator surrounds the second electric rotor and is configured to cause the second electric rotor to rotate or generate electricity in the second electric stator when the second electric rotor rotates. The second electric stator includes a second set of electric windings. The second electric stator is electrically coupled to the first electric stator. A controller is electrically coupled to both the first electric stator and the second electric stator. The controller is configured to exchange an electric current with a combination of the first electric stator and the second electric stator.

Abstract: A stator includes a first split core having a first yoke part extending in a circumferential direction about an axis line and a first tooth extending from the first yoke part toward the axis line, a second split core having a second yoke part extending in the circumferential direction and a second tooth extending from the second yoke part toward the axis line, a first insulator arranged to surround the first tooth and having a first holding part located between a tip end part of the first tooth and a tip end part of the second tooth, a second insulator arranged to surround the second tooth and having a second holding part located between the tip end part of the first tooth and the tip end part of the second tooth, and a Hall effect sensor held by the first holding part and the second holding part.

Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a rotor that rotates around a rotation axis serving as a center and has a plurality of salient poles protruding in directions perpendicular to the rotation axis, and a stator that includes an annular structural body disposed radially outside the rotor and surrounding the rotor, and 6×n windings provided along a circumferential direction of the structural body, a field signal for generating field magnetic flux and a drive signal for driving the rotor as a three-phase rotary electric machine being superimposed on each other to be input to each of the windings. n is a natural number equal to or larger than one.

Abstract: A direct drive rotary generator formed of an elongate cylindrical series of stator annuli and a coaxial elongate cylindrical series of armature annuli and mounted for relative rotational movement around their common axis, the series of stator annuli interleaving the series of armature annuli, and either of the armature/stator annuli having a contiguous or substantially contiguous sequence of coils around its circumference, and the other of the armature/stator annuli having a corresponding sequence of permanent magnets of alternating polarity spaced around its circumference and at the same pitch as that of the coils, the arrangement being such that lines of magnetic flux passing across the air gap between one magnet carrying annulus to the next cut the turns of the coils of the corresponding interleaved coil carrying annulus, and thus induce in the coils electromagnetic forces as the armature is caused to rotate relative to the stator.

Abstract: A rotor for an electric machine, comprising an outer shell for receiving magnets, and a three-dimensional lattice structure arranged within the outer shell where the three-dimensional lattice structure has a unit cell comprising at least a strut and varies in all directions in space including in an axial direction of the rotor.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a rotating electrical machine includes a shaft, an annular winding, a stator, a rotor, and a core supporter. The annular winding extends in a rotation direction of the shaft. The stator core includes a plurality of stator magnetic poles. The plurality of stator magnetic poles are arranged along the winding. The rotor core includes a plurality of rotor magnetic poles. The plurality of rotor magnetic poles are configured to face the plurality of stator magnetic poles. The core supporter is configured to support at least one of the stator core and the rotor core. The core supporter includes a first insulating section. The first insulating section extends in an axial direction of the shaft. The first insulating section has a slit-shape.

Abstract: A rotor has a ferromagnetic body with a surface and magnetic poles arranged about a rotation axis. One or more of the magnetic poles has a first magnetic flux barrier and a second magnetic flux barrier. The first magnetic flux barrier is arranged radially between the rotation axis and the surface of the ferromagnetic body. The second magnetic flux barrier is arranged radially between the first magnetic flux barrier and the surface of the ferromagnetic body.

Abstract: An axial flux electrical machine comprises a first flux generating assembly, a second flux generating assembly, a shaft and a speed controller. The shaft has an axis of rotation. Each of the first flux generating assembly and the second flux generating assembly is rotationally located on the shaft in axial juxtaposition to one another, with the first flux generating assembly being axially separated from the second flux generating assembly by a separation distance. The speed controller is configured to modify a magnetic field generated by either of the first flux generating assembly and the second flux generating assembly so as to control a rotational speed of the electrical machine.

Abstract: Electric motors and machines including such electric motors, the electric motors having improved impact resistance. Features of the electric motors minimize axial shifting of the motor shaft and other components of the electric motor, and/or minimize damage to components caused by such axial shifting occasioned by an impact force on the motor.