Abstract: In a rotating electrical machine, a magnet unit and an armature core member are configured to satisfy the following relation Br×Ma?Bsc×Wsc. In the relation, Br represents a remanent flux density of the magnet unit, Ma represents a distance of a farther circumferential surface of each of first magnets in the circumferential direction, Bsc represents a saturation magnetic flux density of the armature core member, and Wsc represents a thickness of the armature core member in a radial direction thereof.

Abstract: A motor includes a rotor, a stator, and a magnetic pole position detection element to detect a position of a magnetic pole of the rotor. The rotor includes a resin magnet having a first orientation and a second orientation, and a shaft fixed to the resin magnet, and the first and second orientations and are different from each other in a radial direction. The magnetic pole position detection element faces the resin magnet in an axial direction.

Abstract: A rotor that is downsized while achieving high output of the electric motor is provided. The rotor includes a plurality of main magnets and a plurality of auxiliary magnets. The auxiliary magnets are fit into a plurality of respective grooves formed along a rotation shaft direction in an outer periphery of a rotation shaft arranged at the center of the rotor, are projected from the outer periphery of the rotation shaft to an outer side of a radial direction, and have a magnetization direction along a circumferential direction of the rotor. Magnetic field directions of the auxiliary magnets that are adjacent to each other are opposite to each other in the circumferential direction. The main magnets are arranged in projected parts of the auxiliary magnets that are adjacent to each other and have a magnetization direction that is along the radial direction of the rotor.

Abstract: A rotor includes: a rotor core including a rotor shaft hole in which a rotor shaft is fastened, a plurality of magnet insertion holes provided along the circumferential direction, and a hollow hole provided between the rotor shaft hole and the magnet insertion holes in the radial direction; and a plurality of magnetic pole portions constituted by permanent magnets inserted into the magnet insertion holes. The hollow hole includes an intersection of the q-axis of each magnetic pole portion and a virtual circle passing through the innermost diameter portion of the magnet insertion holes around the axis of the rotor core, and the hollow hole is disposed to face the magnet insertion holes of adjacent magnetic pole portions.

Abstract: This invention provides for a rare-earth permanent magnet-forming sintered body obtained by integrally sintering magnet material particles containing a rare-earth substance while shaping the magnet material particles, a rare-earth permanent magnet obtained by magnetizing the sintered body, and a rotary machine in which the permanent magnet is embedded.

Abstract: The current invention relates to a magnetic pole arrangement comprising a plurality of magnetic pole assembles arranged back-to-back along a longitudinally extending axis of rotation X. Each providing flux to an air gap G. Each magnetic pole assembly comprising one or more magnetic poles pieces and two components of magnetic flux. The first component of magnetic flux provided by a plurality of axially magnetised axially displaced magnets arranged in circumferentially extending arrays. The second component of magnetic flux provided by a plurality of circumferentially magnetised magnets circumferentially spaced around the axis of rotation X.

Abstract: There is provided a device to be used as a magnet. The device comprises a first member, a second member, and a third member. The first member defines a trench extending along a longitudinal direction. The trench has a top being open. Moreover, the first member comprises a first material being magnetizable. The second member is received in the trench and secured to the first member. The second member comprises a second material being magnetizable. Furthermore, the third member is received in the trench and secured to the first member. The third member comprises a third material being magnetizable. The third member and the second member are disposed side-by-side along the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A spherical roller bearing having an inner ring, an outer ring, first and second roller sets disposed therebetween, and a guide element for guiding the rollers of at least one roller set. The guide element is rotational about a bearing axis of rotation during bearing operation. The bearing further includes a generator, arranged between the first and second roller sets, which includes a magnetic rotor with alternating polarities in circumferential direction and a stator having at least one stator coil. The magnetic rotor is mounted to the guide element, while the stator is mounted to a common outer raceway of the outer ring, radially opposite from the magnetic rotor. In accordance with the invention, the stator has the form of an annular band. The at least one stator coil is formed by a flat conductor provided on a flexible printed circuit board.

Abstract: A rotor for a rotating electrical machine, the rotor including: a rotor core having a magnet insertion hole extending in an axial direction that is a direction along a rotor rotational axis; and a permanent magnet fixed inside the magnet insertion hole with an adhesive, wherein the permanent magnet has a magnet-side flat surface that is formed as a rectangular flat surface, wherein the magnet insertion hole has, in an internal surface thereof, a hole-side flat surface that is formed as a flat surface facing the magnet-side flat surface, and wherein the adhesive is a foaming adhesive and is provided at least at four corners of the magnet-side flat surface, and a thickness of the adhesive at a center of the magnet-side flat surface is smaller than a thickness of the adhesive at the four corners.

Abstract: In a rotor for a rotary electric machine, a claw pole assembly includes first claw poles and second claw poles. An annular cover member covers the outer circumferential surfaces of the first and second claw poles. The pole cover segments and the inter-pole cover segments are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction of the rotor. Each of the pole cover segments has a circular-arc shape around a first center, and each of the inter-pole cover segments has a circular-arc shape around a second center different from the first center. The first circumferential width of each pole cover segment and the second circumferential width of a corresponding one of the inter-pole segment adjacent to the pole cover segment have a predetermined ratio. The predetermined ratio varies in an axial direction of the rotor.

Abstract: A permanent-magnet electric motor includes: a rotor; and a rotational-position detection sensor configured to detect a rotational position of the rotor. The rotor includes: a rotating shaft; an annular ferrite magnet disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft; and a rare-earth magnet disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the ferrite magnet, and a length from a center of the ferrite magnet in an axial direction of the ferrite magnet to an end face of the ferrite magnet on a side of the rotational-position detection sensor in the axial direction of the ferrite magnet is longer than a length from a center of the rare-earth magnet in an axial direction of the rare-earth magnet to an end face of the rare-earth magnet on a side of the rotational-position detection sensor in the axial direction of the rare-earth magnet.

Abstract: A permanent magnet synchronous machine includes a rotor including a core body and an overhang protruding further in an axial direction than a core of a stator. An end surface of the core body includes an N-region disposed on a north pole and an S-region disposed on a south pole. The overhang includes first permanent magnets arranged along an outer edge of the end surface with distances therebetween and a plurality of second permanent magnets disposed on the end surface and adjacent to the first permanent magnets. The first permanent magnets include at least one of a permanent magnet comprising a north pole facing the N-region and a permanent magnet comprising a south pole facing the S-region. The second permanent magnets are provided in the configuration which causes the second permanent magnets to generate a magnetic flux extending from the S-region toward the N-region.

Abstract: A permanent magnet synchronous machine includes a rotor including a core body and an overhang protruding further in an axial direction than a core of a stator. An end surface of the core body includes an N-region disposed on a north pole and an S-region disposed on a south pole. The overhang includes first permanent magnets arranged along an outer edge of the end surface with distances therebetween and a plurality of second permanent magnets disposed on the end surface and adjacent to the first permanent magnets. The first permanent magnets include at least one of a permanent magnet comprising a north pole facing the N-region and a permanent magnet comprising a south pole facing the S-region. The second permanent magnets are provided in the configuration which causes the second permanent magnets to generate a magnetic flux extending from the S-region toward the N-region.

Abstract: There is provided an alternating current generator for a vehicle, including: a rotor (1), a flywheel (3), and main magnets (4) and auxiliary magnets (5) alternately arranged; and a stator (2). Each of the main magnets (4) is magnetized to an N-pole and an S-pole in a radial direction, whereas the main magnets (4) are arranged so that the main magnets (4) adjacent to each other through corresponding one of the auxiliary magnets (5) therebetween are magnetized to have opposite polarity patterns. Each of the auxiliary magnets (5) is magnetized to the N-pole and the S-pole in the circumferential direction, whereas the auxiliary magnets (5) are arranged so that the auxiliary magnets (5) adjacent to each other through corresponding one of the main magnets (4) therebetween are magnetized to have opposite polarity patterns.

Abstract: A rotary electric machine is provided, which includes a rotor core, a plurality of permanent magnets embedded in the rotor core, and a stator core arranged so as to oppose to the rotor core. The plurality of permanent magnets include a pair of first permanent magnets. The pair of first permanent magnets are arranged so that first magnetic poles thereof having the same polarity oppose to each other and are separated from each other on both sides of a magnetic path of d-axis by a predetermined distance. The rotor core includes gaps formed within the magnetic path of the d-axis.

Abstract: A rotor having an axial direction includes at least a pair of rotor cores arranged in the axial direction, and a field magnet located between the rotor cores and magnetized in the axial direction. Each of the rotor cores includes a plurality of claw poles extending in the axial direction. Each of the rotor cores includes a magnetic flux controlling section, which appropriately causes a magnetic flux to flow to the claw poles.

Abstract: A permanent magnet rotating electrical machine includes a rotor which has permanent magnets buried in a plurality of permanent magnet insertion slots that are provided in a rotor core, and the rotor is rotatably supported by a rotary shaft with a gap on the inner peripheral side of a stator. When the axis of magnetic flux for the permanent magnet is set as a d-axis and the position deviated from the d-axis by electrical angle of 90° is set as a q-axis, the permanent magnet insertion slot is located on the q-axis and a first permanent magnet magnetized in the direction orthogonal to the q-axis is buried in the permanent magnet insertion slot. The permanent magnet insertion slot is located on the d-axis and a second permanent magnet magnetized in the direction parallel to the d-axis is buried in the permanent magnet insertion slot, while at least one or more third permanent magnets buried in the permanent magnet insertion slots are provided between the first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet.

Abstract: A rotor includes first and second rotor cores, a field magnet, interpole magnets and holding members. The first and second rotor cores each have claw-like magnetic poles arranged in the circumferential direction in an outer periphery of a core base at even intervals and formed to protrude radially outward. The field magnet is placed between the core bases in the axial direction of the rotor and magnetized in the axial direction to cause the magnetic poles of the first and second rotor cores to function as first and second magnetic poles, respectively. The interpole magnets are each arranged between a circumferentially adjacent pair of the magnetic poles and magnetized in the circumferential direction so as to have the same polarity as the magnetic poles, which are opposed thereto in the circumferential direction. The holding members hold the interpole magnets to restrict radially outward movement of the interpole magnets.

Abstract: A rotor assembly including a rotating shaft, a rotor core, a permanent magnet, a magnetic ring support, and a magnetic ring. The permanent magnet is mounted on the outer side surface of the rotor core. The magnetic ring is nested on the magnetic ring support, and the magnetic ring support and the rotor core are made as a whole by injection molding. The rotor assembly is relatively simple to produce, low in cost, and features improved efficiency.

Abstract: A composite torque rotating electric machine includes a stator having armature windings arranged at multiple positions in a circumferential direction, a rotor having a cylindrical core, first permanent magnets arranged on axes (d) and in the circumferential direction on the outer periphery of the rotor, second permanent magnets arranged on axes (d) on the inner periphery side of the rotor across from the permanent magnets on the outer circumference side, third permanent magnets on axes (q) and extending in the longitudinally and radially of the rotor, and air gaps on the outer periphery side of the third permanent magnets and intermediate in the circumferential direction of the first permanent magnets. The radial distance between the first and second magnets is greater than the circumferential distance between the first permanent magnets and the air gaps. A rectifier having multiple slits is disposed between the first permanent magnets and the air gaps.

Abstract: An axial flux Halbach rotor comprise: a first magnet set and a second magnet set. Further comprises: a plurality of first magnets that are respective featured by their respective first magnetizing directions and are arranged interconnecting to each other by the use of a first connecting element while allowing any two neighboring first magnets to be spaced from each other by a first distance; and the second magnet set further comprises: a plurality of second magnets that are respectively featured by their respective second magnetizing directions and are arranged interconnecting to each other by the use of a second connecting element while allowing any two neighboring second magnets to be spaced from each other by a second distance. In addition, the first magnet set and the second magnet set are arranged inlaid into each other while allowing the plural first magnets and the plural second magnets to be dispose alternatively.

Abstract: A rotor includes first and second rotor cores, a disk magnet, and a rectifying magnet. The first and second rotor cores each include a core base and claw-poles. The disk magnet is magnetized in the axial direction so that the claw-poles of the first rotor core function as first poles and the claw-poles of the second rotor core function as second poles. The rectifying magnet includes at least an inter-pole magnet portion or a back-surface magnet portion. The inter-pole magnet portion is located in a gap formed in the circumferential direction between the claw-poles of the first rotor core and the claw-poles of the second rotor core. The back surface magnet portion is located in a gap formed at back surfaces of the claw-poles. The rectifying magnet and the disk magnet are formed from different materials. The rectifying magnet is integrated with the disk magnet in a post-process.

Abstract: A magnetic drive device may comprise a stator comprising a plurality of windings for generating a first number of magnetic pole pairs and a rotor comprising a plurality of permanent magnets for generating a second number of magnetic pole pairs that differs from the first number of magnetic pole pairs. The magnetic drive device may further comprise a plurality of free-spinning interpole elements disposed within an air gap between the stator and the rotor. The interpole elements may produce a magnetomotive force and harmonically couple the magnetic pole pairs of the stator with the magnet pole pairs of the rotor.

Abstract: A plurality of magnetic poles are disposed at intervals, in a circumferential direction, at an outer periphery of a rotor core. Each magnetic pole has a pair of permanent magnets disposed spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction, and a magnetic flux suppression hole that suppresses flow of magnetic flux and that is formed extending on the inward side in the radial direction, between inner-periphery-side end portions of each permanent magnet. The magnetic flux suppression hole is formed of two first holes respectively communicating with magnet insertion holes into which the permanent magnets are inserted, and a second hole that is formed between the first holes with bridge portions interposed therebetween. An outer-periphery-side end portion of the second hole is positioned further outward than an imaginary straight line that passes through the inner-periphery-side end portions of the pair of permanent magnets.

Abstract: A drive device driving a power converter that includes a switching element formed from a wide bandgap semiconductor, includes a PWM-signal output unit that generates a drive signal that drives the switching element with PWM; an on-speed reducing unit that, when the switching element is changed from off to on, reduces a change rate of the drive signal; and an off-speed improving unit that, when the switching element is changed from on to off, draws charge from the switching element at a high speed and with a charge drawing performance higher than that at a time when the switching element is changed from off to on.

Abstract: An axial gap electrical machine employs unique architecture to (1) overcome critical limits in the air gap at high speeds, while maintaining high torque performance at low speeds, while synergistically providing a geometry that withstands meets critical force concentration within these machines, (2) provides arrangements for cooling said machines using either a Pelletier effect or air fins, (3) “windings” that are produced as ribbon or stampings or laminates, that may be in some cases be arranged to optimize conductor and magnetic core density within the machine. Arrangements are also proposed for mounting the machines as wheels of a vehicle, to provide ease of removing and installing said motor.

Abstract: A rotor for a rotary electric machine has a plurality of magnetic poles provided at intervals in a circumferential direction of a rotor core, at an outer periphery of the rotor core. Each of the magnetic poles includes a central magnet, a pair of circumferential-direction magnets disposed on both sides of the central magnet in the circumferential direction such that a spacing between the pair widens towards an outer periphery of the rotor core, and low permeability regions provided in the vicinity of end portions of the central magnet in the circumferential direction, and having a permeability lower than a magnetic material of the rotor core. The rotor core is formed such that a width of a magnetic path entrance portion that is formed between a magnetic-pole inward side face of the circumferential-direction magnet and the adjacent low permeability region decreases towards an outer peripheral face of the rotor core.

Abstract: There is provided an alternating current generator for a vehicle, including: a rotor (1), a flywheel (3), and main magnets (4) and auxiliary magnets (5) alternately arranged; and a stator (2). Each of the main magnets (4) is magnetized to an N-pole and an S-pole in a radial direction, whereas the main magnets (4) are arranged so that the main magnets (4) adjacent to each other through corresponding one of the auxiliary magnets (5) therebetween are magnetized to have opposite polarity patterns. Each of the auxiliary magnets (5) is magnetized to the N-pole and the S-pole in the circumferential direction, whereas the auxiliary magnets (5) are arranged so that the auxiliary magnets (5) adjacent to each other through corresponding one of the main magnets (4) therebetween are magnetized to have opposite polarity patterns.

Abstract: A synchronous permanent magnet machine includes a permanent magnet arrangement for producing a magnetic field having a flux density distribution that is approximately sinusoidal. The permanent magnet arrangement includes a permanent magnet pole with both low and high energy-product magnets. The permanent magnet pole includes a low energy-product magnet and a high energy-product magnet which have different directions of magnetization, or a disposition of low/high energy-product magnets within the permanent magnet pole is asymmetric with respect to the central region of the permanent magnet pole.

Abstract: There are provided a process of forming a recess groove having a depth shallower than and a width larger than the notch groove for fracturing at a portion of fracturing and splitting in the permanent magnet; a process of forming the notch groove for fracturing the permanent magnet in a groove bottom of the recess groove formed in the recess-groove forming process; and a process of fracturing and splitting the permanent magnet along the notch groove so as to obtain magnet pieces.

Abstract: A rotor includes a circular rotor core, a plurality of ? magnets, and ring-shaped Z magnets. The rotor core has a plurality of magnet holding sections formed radially with a rotating shaft as the center. The ? magnets are contained in and held by the magnet holding sections such that the same magnetic poles of adjacent magnets face each other in a circumferential direction of the rotor core. The rotor core is such that N-poles and S-poles are alternately formed in a circumferential direction of an outer circumferential surface of the rotor core. The Z magnets are such that N-poles and S-poles are alternately formed circularly on an opposed face of the auxiliary magnet facing an end face of the rotor core in a direction of the rotating shaft.

Abstract: A flux machine includes a stator and a rotor. A set of electrical coil assemblies with side surfaces and sets of plural permanent magnets are arranged circularly on the stator and the rotor. Pole faces of the magnets are positioned adjacent to and spaced apart from side surfaces of permeable cores of the coil assemblies. In each coil assembly a pair of like pole faces of the magnets mutually face across the permeable core and a third magnet pole face faces transversely relative to the mutually facing pole faces of the pair of magnets.

Abstract: A rotor with four axially stacked rotor cores, and a plurality of field magnets interposed between them. Each rotor core includes a rotor-side claw-shaped magnetic pole. Each rotor-side claw-shaped magnetic poles are respectively extending from and formed on each rotor core at equal angle intervals. Tip end surfaces of the first and third rotor-side claw-shaped magnetic pole abut against or are closely opposed to each other axially. Tip end surfaces of the second and fourth rotor-side claw-shaped magnetic poles abut against or are closely opposed to each other in the axial direction. The plurality of field magnets are magnetized in the axial direction such that the field magnets causes the first and third rotor-side claw-shaped magnetic poles to function as first magnetic poles, and cause the second and fourth rotor-side claw-shaped magnetic poles to function as second magnetic poles.

Abstract: Disclosed is a motor rotor, comprising an iron core (10) and permanent magnets (20) provided inside the iron core (10). The iron core (10) is provided with sets of mounting grooves (30) in the peripheral direction of the iron core, each set of mounting grooves (30) comprising two or more mounting grooves (30) provided intermittently in the radial direction of the iron core (10). There are sets of permanent magnets (20), the individual permanent magnets (20) of each set of permanent magnets (20) correspondingly being embedded into the individual mounting grooves (30) of each set of mounting grooves. Disclosed is a motor comprising the above-mentioned motor rotor. The motor rotor increases the magnetic reluctance torque of the motor rotor and thus increases the output torque of the motor and the efficiency of the motor.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a water tub, an electric motor, and a control device. The motor comprises a stator including a stator coil, a rotor magnet arranged circumferentially with respect to the rotor, and a control device. The rotor magnet includes a permanent magnet. When the control device applies a first voltage to the stator coil in a wash step of the washing operation, the rotor magnet is magnetized so that a magnetic flux of the rotor magnet acting on the stator is increased without reversal of a direction of magnetization. When the control device applies a second voltage to the stator soil in a dehydration step of the washing operation, the rotor magnet is magnetized so that a magnetic flux of the rotor magnet acting on the stator is reduced without reversal of a direction of magnetization as compared with the magnetic flux in the wash step.

Abstract: An axial flux Halbach rotor comprise: a first magnet set and a second magnet set. Further comprises: a plurality of first magnets that are respective featured by their respective first magnetizing directions and are arranged interconnecting to each other by the use of a first connecting element while allowing any two neighboring first magnets to be spaced from each other by a first distance; and the second magnet set further comprises: a plurality of second magnets that are respectively featured by their respective second magnetizing directions and are arranged interconnecting to each other by the use of a second connecting element while allowing any two neighboring second magnets to be spaced from each other by a second distance. In addition, the first magnet set and the second magnet set are arranged inlaid into each other while allowing the plural first magnets and the plural second magnets to be dispose alternatively.

Abstract: In a permanent magnet type electric rotating machine, a rotor is arranged in a Halbach array, a main magnet magnetized in the radial direction is formed of a rare-earth magnet and an auxiliary magnet magnetized in the circumferential direction is formed of a ferrite magnet, and a gap is provided between the main magnet and the auxiliary magnet; as a result, the quantity of utilized rare-earth magnets is reduced without the output torque of the electric rotating machine being decreased.

Abstract: A rotor and an electric motor including the rotor are provided. The electric motor includes a rotor and a plurality of stators. The rotor includes a plurality of main magnets that are disposed spaced apart from each other along a circumferential direction with respect to a rotation axis of the rotor, and have a magnetizing direction that is a direction of the rotation axis, a plurality of auxiliary magnetic units that are disposed on both sides of each of the main magnets in the direction of the rotation axis, and have a magnetizing direction that is the circumferential direction, so as to concentrate magnetic flux in each of the main magnets, and a plurality of webs that are disposed between the auxiliary magnetic units so as to generate a reluctance torque.

Abstract: A method is provided for compensating the flux drift caused by measurement and/or calculation errors when controlling a rotating electrical machine. The flux drift of the estimated flux vector may be compensated for by comparing the length of the flux vector with a reference flux magnitude which already has been determined for controlling the inverter. Depending on the comparison, the length of the estimated flux vector may be lengthened or shortened.

Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor core, a plurality of embedded magnets that are fixedly embedded in the rotor core, and end magnets provided on respective axial sides of the rotor core. The end magnets are formed by magnetizing magnetic material such that magnetic poles of the end magnets are provided at such positions as to axially face magnetic path portions serving as magnetic paths for magnetic fluxes of the embedded magnets, the magnetic fluxes passing through an outer periphery of the rotor core and each magnetic pole of the end magnet has the same polarity as the polarity of the magnetic pole of the embedded magnets, which appears in a corresponding one of the magnetic path portions.

Abstract: Numerous arrangements for permanent magnets are disclosed that can focus the flux produced by the magnets. Depending on the particular application in which the disclosed designs and techniques are used, efficiency and reliability may be increased by minimizing flux leakage, increasing peak flux density, and shaping the flux fields to improve the effective coercivity of the flux focusing permanent magnet arrangement when loaded, and to achieve customized voltage and current waveforms. The disclosed magnet assemblies may be incorporated into a machine, such as a motor/generator, having windings and may be disposed for movement relative to the windings. The magnet assembly may be mounted on a support formed of one or more ferromagnetic materials, such as a back iron. The disclosed flux focusing magnet assemblies may be formed using a variety of manufacturing methods.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate generally to electrodynamic machines and the like, and more particularly, to rotor assemblies and rotor-stator structures for electrodynamic machines, including, but not limited to, outer rotor assemblies and/or inner rotor assemblies with a corresponding stator assembly. In some embodiments a rotor assembly can include magnetically permeable structures having confronting surfaces oriented at an angle to the axis of rotation. A group of magnetic structures can be interleaved with the magnetically permeable structures. The magnetically permeable structures can also include non-confronting surfaces adjacent to which boost magnets are disposed to enhance flux in a flux path passing through magnetic structures that are interleaved with magnetically permeable structures. Further, the rotor assemblies can include a flux conductor shield disposed adjacent to the boost magnets, the flux conductor shield configured to provide return flux paths.

Abstract: An axial flux alternator may comprise one or more rotors comprising magnets, one or more stators comprising coils, one or more flux augmentation rings comprising a ferrous material, wherein the magnets, coils, and at least a portion of the flux augmentation rings are arranged at a substantially similar radial distance from the common axis, and wherein the rotors are rotatable about the common axis. Another axial flux alternator may comprise one or more flux augmentation rings, magnets configured to travel along a predetermined path, and coils disposed between the flux augmentation ring and the predetermined path, wherein the flux augmentation ring is configured to draw a magnetic flux field from the magnets that crosses the conductive coils thereby creating a voltage potential therein. An axial flux alternator system may comprise one or more rotors, flux augmentation rings, and stators, an input source, and an output load.

Abstract: There is provided a spindle motor including: a hub operating together with a shaft and including a magnet; a base coupled to a sleeve supporting the shaft and including a core having a coil wound therearound, the coil generating rotational driving force; and a shielding part provided on the magnet and blocking magnetic flux introduced from the magnet into the base to thereby increase magnetic flux density between the magnet and the core, wherein the shaft and the hub rotate while descending via oil when power is applied to the coil.

Abstract: A rotor having an axial direction includes at least a pair of rotor cores arranged in the axial direction, and a field magnet located between the rotor cores and magnetized in the axial direction. Each of the rotor cores includes a plurality of claw poles extending in the axial direction. Each of the rotor cores includes a magnetic flux controlling section, which appropriately causes a magnetic flux to flow to the claw poles.

Abstract: An electric motor for a motor-driven compressor is provided. The electric motor includes a stator and a rotor. The stator is fixed to a housing. The rotor is arranged outward of the stator. The rotor is mounted on a rotary shaft to rotate integrally with the rotary shaft. The stator includes slots and a stator coil wound about the slots. The rotor includes a rotary support and a magnet. The rotary support is fixed to the rotary shaft to rotate integrally with the rotary shaft. The magnet is supported by the rotary support. The arrangement of the magnetic poles of the magnet in the circumferential direction is a Halbach array.

Abstract: Numerous arrangements for permanent magnets are disclosed that can focus the flux produced by the magnets. Depending on the particular application in which the disclosed designs and techniques are used, efficiency and reliability may be increased by minimizing flux leakage, increasing peak flux density, and shaping the flux fields to improve the effective coercivity of the flux focusing permanent magnet arrangement when loaded, and to achieve customized voltage and current waveforms. The disclosed magnet assemblies may be incorporated into a machine, such as a motor/generator, having windings and may be disposed for movement relative to the windings. The magnet assembly may be mounted on a support formed of one or more ferromagnetic materials, such as a back iron. The disclosed flux focusing magnet assemblies may be formed using a variety of manufacturing methods.

Abstract: Numerous arrangements for permanent magnets are disclosed that can focus the flux produced by the magnets. Depending on the particular application in which the disclosed designs and techniques are used, efficiency and reliability may be increased by minimizing flux leakage, increasing peak flux density, and shaping the flux fields to improve the effective coercivity of the flux focusing permanent magnet arrangement when loaded, and to achieve customized voltage and current waveforms. The disclosed magnet assemblies may be incorporated into a machine, such as a motor/generator, having windings and may be disposed for movement relative to the windings. The magnet assembly may be mounted on a support formed of one or more ferromagnetic materials, such as a back iron The disclosed flux focusing magnet assemblies may be formed using a variety of manufacturing methods.

Abstract: There are provided an axial gap motor including a rotor having plural main magnet portions magnetized in the rotational axis direction and disposed at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction, also plural yoke portions formed by a lamination member of tape-like wound electromagnetic steel sheet and are disposed on either axial side of the main magnet portions, also a rotor frame having plural ribs disposed individually between the main magnet portions adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction and extend in a radial direction, and inner and outer cylindrical portions are provided at respectively inside and outside diameter sides of the ribs and made of a die casting alloy; also the main magnet portions each have a groove at an inner circumferential side thereof for preventing the displacement of the position of the main magnet portions.

Abstract: A rotor includes first and second rotor cores, a field magnet, interpole magnets and holding members. The first and second rotor cores each have claw-like magnetic poles arranged in the circumferential direction in an outer periphery of a core base at even intervals and formed to protrude radially outward. The field magnet is placed between the core bases in the axial direction of the rotor and magnetized in the axial direction to cause the magnetic poles of the first and second rotor cores to function as first and second magnetic poles, respectively. The interpole magnets are each arranged between a circumferentially adjacent pair of the magnetic poles and magnetized in the circumferential direction so as to have the same polarity as the magnetic poles, which are opposed thereto in the circumferential direction. The holding members hold the interpole magnets to restrict radially outward movement of the interpole magnets.