Abstract: An exemplary permanent-magnet synchronous machine is disclosed with a stator and a rotor located at the distance of the air gap (?1) from the stator. The rotor is supported on the shaft in a rotating arrangement, and a maximum value has been determined for the eccentricity between the stator and the rotor. The value is higher than one-tenth of the air gap. The magnetization of the synchronous machine is arranged with permanent magnets fitted in the rotor for creating a magnetic flux (?) which is closed via the stator, the air gap (?1), and the rotor. A relation H?(10*???)*?r applies between the thickness of the permanent magnet and the maximum value of eccentricity ?, wherein ? is the dimensioning value of the air gap and ?r is the relative permeability of the permanent magnet.
Abstract: An electric machine includes a plurality of teeth separated by a plurality of slots positioned on an armature of the electric machine. Each of the teeth may include at least one bifurcation. A plurality of magnets may be arranged on a main field of the electric machine to form an axial array group. The magnets in the axial array group may be arranged in the main field with respect to each other to create a multi-stepped arrangement having a predetermined step angle. The step angle is determined based on the positioning of the bifurcations and the slots.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 23, 2012
Publication date:
July 4, 2013
Applicant:
Danotek Motion Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Daniel M. Saban, Fang Deng, Seong T. Lee
Abstract: Apparatus and methods for improved performance of electric machines, including internal permanent magnet electric machines. In some embodiments there are multiple pairs of permanent magnets. Each magnet is fabricated from a pair of materials, one of the materials being selected to have improved high temperature magnetic characteristics, and the second material, in some embodiments, being selected for having improved magnet characteristics at lower temperatures even if with lesser magnetic characteristics at the higher temperatures than the other material.
Abstract: Disclosed herein is a brushless motor includes a rotor rotating about a rotation axis and having a rotor core and a plurality of magnets, and a stator disposed around the rotor, wherein the magnets are arranged to be equally spaced and embedded in an outer circumferential portion of the rotor core, and the rotor core includes a pair of slits symmetrically disposed about the reference line, wherein when a portion of the magnet between the center point and each of the edges is divided into eleven portions by parting lines parallel to the reference line, an inner end of the slit is positioned outside a parting line set as an eighth parting line when the parting lines are arranged in order from a side of the reference line toward the edge.
Abstract: At least part of each bridge portion is heated and molten to form a keyhole, and a nonmagnetic element is disposed around the keyhole. Thus, even when the width of the bridge portion in the radial direction is increased, the bridge portion is demagnetized. Therefore, leakage flux in the bridge portion is reduced, and the output power of a motor is increased. Moreover, by increasing the width of the bridge portion in the radial direction, the strength of the bridge portion is increased, and breakage of the bridge portion due to a centrifugal force at high-speed rotation of a rotor is prevented.
Abstract: Non-holding portions of a holding ring are demagnetized by supplying a nonmagnetic element to the non-holding portions while melting the non-holding portions by the application of heat. Each non-holding portion is demagnetized such that, from the melting center toward each melting end portion thereof, the material of the non-holding portion moderately changes from a nonmagnetic material to a ferromagnetic material. The permeability moderately changes, and hence generation of cogging torque during rotation of a rotor is suppressed.
Abstract: A method of resin sealing a permanent magnet in a magnet insertion portion of a laminated body, the body formed by laminating plural core sheets and including the plural portions formed around a shaft hole in a center thereof, the portion connected to an internal space via an opening. The method includes a first process of positioning a blocking member blocking the opening from a side of the space in a way that the member is vertically-placed in a lower die or an upper die, while the both dies hold the body from both sides in an axial direction and close the portion; and a second process of filling a resin extruded from a resin reservoir portion provided in the die or the die into the portion having the magnet inserted therein and having the opening closed by the member.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 23, 2011
Publication date:
May 23, 2013
Applicants:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
Inventors:
Akira Nagai, Go Kato, Yoshitada Yamagishi
Abstract: A motor comprising a stator having a plurality of magnetic poles disposed in a circumferential direction along an outer periphery thereof, a rotor disposed rotatably around the outer periphery of the stator, and a magnet disposed in a circumferential direction along an inner periphery of the rotor. The stator is formed by laminating sheet-like plates. A plurality of the sheet-like plates including an outermost layer of this laminated body comprises a flat portion substantially perpendicular to the magnet, and an extended portion bent to a direction substantially parallel to the magnet. A part of the sheet-like plate having the extended portion disposed to the outermost side is formed into a thickness smaller than thicknesses of the other parts.
Abstract: A rotor for a motor includes a shaft having an outer periphery with an engaging portion. At least one coupling member includes an engaging hole. The shaft extends through the engaging hole of the at least one coupling member. The at least one coupling member is engaged with the engaging portion of the shaft by tight coupling. A plastic magnet envelops the shaft and the at least one coupling member by injection molding. The at least one coupling member prevents the plastic magnet from disengaging from the shaft, providing enhanced engaging effect while reducing structural complexity and enhancing assembling convenience.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 3, 2010
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2013
Assignee:
Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Alex Horng, Hung Jen Chuang, Duo-Nian Shan
Abstract: A rotor includes at least one of a group of one or more auxiliary magnets that are located between first and second claw poles in a circumferential direction and magnetized to be magnetic poles of the same polarity as the first and second claw poles and another group of one or more auxiliary magnets that are located on a rear side of the first and second claw poles and magnetized to have radially outer portions of the same polarity as the first and second magnetic poles. The auxiliary magnets are arranged to protrude beyond at least one of axial end surfaces of the first and second core bases.
Abstract: This invention provides a rotating electrical machine including a rotor that has an even number of first permanent magnets aligned in a circumferential direction of the rotor, second permanent magnets of a number equal to that of the first permanent magnets, provided respectively between the stator and circumferential ends of the first permanent magnets adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction, and core pieces of a number equal to that of the first permanent magnets, provided respectively between the second permanent magnets adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction.
Abstract: An electric machine having a rotor with an axially extending magnet slot. A magnetic material is mounted in a magnet holder to form a magnet holder assembly which is installed in the magnet slot of the rotor. In some embodiments, the magnet holder assembly substantially fills the entire slot volume. In other embodiments, the magnet holder assembly defines a greater thickness of dielectric material between the magnetic material and the major side of the slot nearest the stator than between the magnetic material and the opposite side of the slot. In still other embodiments, a plurality of axially abutting magnet holder assemblies are installed in the magnet slot. In yet other embodiments, the magnet holder comprises two materials with different durometer values wherein one of the materials is resiliently, compressibly engaged with the slot to secure the magnet holder assembly therein. A method of manufacture is also disclosed.
Abstract: A rotor includes permanent magnets arranged such that magnetic poles of N poles and S poles are arranged alternately in a rotation circumferential direction. The permanent magnets form a plurality of rows in a rotation axis direction. The rotor includes a change section in which arrangements of the magnetic poles change with respect to the rotation axis direction due to the permanent magnets being arranged such that arrangements of the magnetic poles change, in the rotation circumferential direction, between the permanent magnets in the plurality of rows. A stator includes tooth sections opposed to the rotor to surround the rotor, and auxiliary slots each of which is selectively formed at one portion of a front end portion of each tooth section in the rotation axis direction such that substantially a center of the auxiliary slot in the rotation axis direction is opposed to the change section.
Abstract: An electric machine is described. The electric machine includes a rotor comprising a rotor disk and a plurality of permanent magnets magnetically coupled to the rotor disk. The plurality of permanent magnets include a substantially flat profile and are aligned in a substantially planar array. The electric machine also includes a stator comprising a solid stator core and a plurality of coils each wound around a coil insulating member. The stator core includes a plurality of stator teeth extending substantially parallel to an axis of rotation of the rotor.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 22, 2011
Publication date:
March 21, 2013
Applicant:
REGAL BELOIT CORPORATION
Inventors:
Michael D. Smith, William A. Ziegler, Michael Garrett, Dean James Patterson, Roger C. Becerra, Ludovic Chretien, Darrel Buttram, Steven Peter Camilleri
Abstract: A permanent magnet arrangement for an electrical machine comprises a support structure for carrying magnetic flux and a pole assembly fixed to the support structure. The pole assembly comprises a magnet pole comprising at least one piece of permanent magnet material and a magnet carrier on which the magnet pole is mounted and which provides a magnetic flux path between the magnet pole and the support structure. The permanent magnet arrangement further comprises a sleeve containing the magnet pole and at least part of the magnet carrier. The magnet carrier is secured to the support structure to fix the pole assembly to the support structure and the sleeve is clamped to the support structure by the magnet carrier. A method for assembling the permanent magnet arrangement is also described.
Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a rotor shaft, at least one pole segment, at least one pole tip segment and at least one permanent magnet pair. The at least one pole segment is mechanically coupled to the rotor shaft. Each permanent magnet pair is disposed between the at least one pole segment and respective pole tip segment. The apparatus further includes at least one mechanical member that mechanically restrains the at least one pole tip segment to at least one of the rotor shaft or the at least one pole segment.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 29, 2011
Publication date:
January 31, 2013
Applicant:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventors:
Jeremy Daniel Van Dam, James Pellegrino Alexander, Murtuza Yusuf Lokhandwalla
Abstract: A rotor for an electric machine excited by magnetic poles formed by one or more embedded permanent magnets includes a magnetic body and the one or more embedded permanent magnets associated with the magnetic body defining first magnetic poles and second magnetic poles of alternating magnetic polarity along a rotor direction. For at least one of the one or more embedded permanent magnets a rotor segment is arranged between the one or more embedded permanent magnets and a first surface of the magnetic body. At least one retainer element connects the rotor segment to a portion of the magnetic body.
Abstract: The claw rotor (2) comprises: an axial symmetry axis (X-X); two magnet wheels having a core and teeth (9); insulation (11?) for a Held coil (10) mounted onto the core; and permanent magnets mounted between two adjacent teeth (9) belonging to one and the other of the magnet wheels, wherein the insulation (11?) comprises a hub and a flange on each end of the hub (110), each flange having a plurality of projecting petals for engaging with the angled inner periphery (90) of a tooth (9). At least some petals of a flange (120) corresponding to the permanent magnets (38) are split into a plurality of portions, namely, a main petal (121a) for engaging with the inner periphery (90) of a tooth of the magnet wheel (8) in question and at least one side secondary petal (121b) that is lower, when seen in the radial direction, than the main petal. The rotating electrical machine comprises such a rotor. The invention is of use in a claw rotor for motor vehicle alternator or alterno-starter.
Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a stator; and a rotor including an iron core, which has a tubular connecting portion surrounding a shaft and 10 magnetic pole portions integrally formed with the connecting portion corresponding to a pole number, and a plurality of permanent magnets arranged between the magnetic pole portions. The iron core includes axially-penetrated magnet accommodating air gaps formed between the magnetic pole portions at the radial outer side of the connecting portion, and the permanent magnets are installed in the respective magnet accommodating air gaps such that a radial outer surface of each of the permanent magnets makes close contact with an inner surface of each of the magnet accommodating air gaps and such that a gap exists between a radial inner surface of each of the permanent magnets and the connecting portion.
Abstract: A method for removing a crack in an electromechanical rotor, including: forming a plurality of slots on a periphery of a core portion of an electromechanical rotor along an axial direction thereof; inserting coils into the slots, respectively; forming a plurality of wedges for maintaining the coils in the slots, respectively; and forming a cut hole at at least a part of the core portion from an outer surface of the core portion toward the side of a center axis thereof so as to contain a crack along a circumferential direction thereof.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a brushless DC motor having a slotless stator, more particularly to a brushless DC motor having a slotless stator in that a plurality of coil winding protrusion portions capable of winding coils in a bobbin is separated from each other at regular intervals along an outer circumference surface of a body portion, so that it can wind the plurality of the coils in the longitudinal direction of a shaft, thereby supplying the DC motor of the high power; and the bobbin is made of an insulating material, so that the rotation of the rotor is not disturbed.
Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a rotor of an electric brushless motor configured to be light weight and prevent vibrations generated during an operation of the motor to be transferred to the shaft of the rotor. The rotor includes a shaft elongated in a rotational axis, a single body magnet comprising alternately magnetized portions, and a vibration absorption portion interposed between the shaft and single body magnet. The vibration absorption portion absorbs vibrations generated during the operation of the motor and can include an elastic or a non-elastic material. The rotor further includes a non-elastic portion inhibiting the expansion of the vibration absorption portion when the vibration portion is elastic.
Abstract: An apparatus for converting between mechanical and electrical energy, particularly suited for use as a compact high power alternator for automotive use and “remove and replace” retrofitting of existing vehicles. The apparatus comprises a rotor with permanent magnets, a stator with a winding, and a cooling system. Mechanisms to prevent the rotor magnets from clashing with the stator by minimizing rotor displacement, and absorbing unacceptable rotor displacement are disclosed. The cooling system directs coolant flow into thermal contact with at least one of the winding and magnets, and includes at least one passageway through the stator core. Various open and closed cooling systems are described. Cooling is facilitated by, for example, loosely wrapping the winding end turns, use of an asynchronous airflow source, and/or directing coolant through conduits extending through the stator into thermal contact with the windings.
Abstract: A rotor (10) for a rotary electric machine which comprises: two field spiders (12) each of which runs more or less radially with respect to the main axis of the rotor (10) and comprises a series of axial arms (20) in which each arm (20) runs axially inwards from the associated field spider (12), towards the other field spider (12) in such a way that each arm (20) of a field spider (12) lies in the space there is between two consecutive arms (20) of the other field spider (12); and at least one magnetic element (24) the main orientation of which is longitudinal position transversely between two adjacent arms (20) belonging one to each field spider (12) and which comprises at least one magnet (28), characterized in that the magnetic element (24) comprises at least one support shim (30) made of a non-magnetic material and mounted on a transverse end face of the magnet (28), and means of connecting the shim (30) to the magnet (28).
Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor core and permanent magnets each of which is received in a corresponding slot of the rotor core with its magnetization direction being oblique to a radial direction of the rotor core. Each of the permanent magnets has a first corner portion positioned radially outermost and a second corner portion positioned radially innermost. For each of the permanent magnets, there are formed first and second gaps respectively between the first corner portion and the inner surface of the corresponding slot and between the second corner portion and the inner surface of the corresponding slot in a reference direction of the permanent magnet. The rotor core also has, for each of the permanent magnets, supporting portions each of which abuts and thereby supports, in the reference direction, a predetermined portion of the permanent magnet which is positioned away from both the first and second corner portions.
Abstract: A permanent magnet arrangement for an electrical machine comprises a support structure for carrying magnetic flux and a pole assembly fixed to the support structure. The pole assembly comprises a magnet pole comprising at least one piece of permanent magnet material and a magnet carrier on which the magnet pole is mounted and which provides a magnetic flux path between the magnet pole and the support structure. The permanent magnet arrangement further comprises a sleeve containing the magnet pole and at least part of the magnet carrier. The magnet carrier is secured to the support structure to fix the pole assembly to the support structure and the sleeve is clamped to the support structure by the magnet carrier. A method for assembling the permanent magnet arrangement is also described.
Abstract: A cylindrical rotor core 10 for a rotating electrical machine having magnetic steel plates integrally connected by laminating in an axial direction, and having magnet insertion holes 24, 26 formed for inserting permanent magnets inside, wherein the magnet insertion holes 24, 26 are formed extending in the axial direction in a core inner section in the vicinity of an outer peripheral surface 11c of the rotor core 10, and with openings formed in axial direction end sections of the rotor core 10, and a plurality of magnetic steel plates, including magnetic steel plates at outermost sides in the axial direction in which the openings are formed, are fixed by welding at inner wall surfaces 42 of the magnet insertion holes 24, 26.
Abstract: A brushless motor including a stator having teeth and a rotor having magnetic pole portions is disclosed. The magnetic pole portions are arranged to have the same polarities as each other. The rotor includes gaps that function as magnetic resistance at circumferential ends of each of the magnetic pole portions so that an iron core portion is formed between the circumferentially adjacent magnetic pole portions. Magnetic flux of the magnetic pole portions passes through the iron core portion along the radial direction. The gaps include a first gap located on the leading end of the magnetic pole portion in the rotation direction of the rotor and a second gap located on the trailing end of the magnetic pole portion in the rotation direction of the rotor. The circumferential width of the first gap is set to be greater than the circumferential width of the second gap.
Abstract: A rotor of a rotary machine includes a rotary shaft, a rotor core fixed to a circumferential surface of the rotary shaft, a plurality of permanent magnets arranged on a circumferential surface of the rotor core at specific intervals along a circumferential direction thereof, conducting circuits arranged to surround the permanent magnets, and magnetic material pieces arranged on outer surfaces of the individual permanent magnets. Each of the conducting circuits includes a pair of first conductor sections arranged between magnetic poles formed by the adjacent permanent magnets and a pair of second conductor sections electrically connecting the first conductor sections.
Abstract: A motor rotor has: a rotor yoke; a plurality of magnet fixing sections formed on the lateral surface of the rotor yoke; segment magnets respectively fixed to the magnet fixing sections and extending in the axial direction of the rotor yoke; and a plurality of projections which are provided, on the rotor yoke, at each boundary section located between each of the adjacent magnet mounting sections, and which protrude outward from the rotor yoke; and a pair of end claws are formed by bifurcating the end of each projection into two prongs, and each of the end claws is locked to the outer surface of each of the segment magnets.
Abstract: An integrated brushless DC motor and controller including a brushless DC motor having a rotating shaft with a 2 pole permanent magnet affixed to the shaft for rotation thereby in a plane orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the shaft. An X-Y Hall Effect Sensor is carried by a controller mounted on a circuit board attached to the motor and the Hall Effect Sensor is positioned proximate the magnet with the Hall Effect Sensor producing the Sine and Cosine components of the magnetic field as the magnet is rotated by the motor shaft. The electronic controller includes software for determining the motor angle and commutation logic from the Sine and Cosine components generated by the Hall Effect Sensor response to the rotating magnetic field.
Abstract: A motor includes a shaft supporting a rotation of a rotor, a sleeve supporting the shaft such that an upper end of the shaft protrudes upward in an axial direction, a rotor case having a rotor hub, which is forcibly inserted and fixed to a protrusion of the shaft, and rotated by a rotation of the shaft, and an adhesive sealing space formed on an insertion surface between the protrusion and the rotor hub.
Abstract: A rotor (11) for an electric machine with low-inertia permanent magnets (13) located between the poles (15) of the electric machine and a rotor hub, where the rotor hub is comprised of an internal ferrule (21) and an intermediate ring (23) between it and said magnets (13), with said intermediate ring (23) being made of an amagnetic material (such as aluminum, a composite material or a plastic material) of minimum thickness which prevents flux losses, and with the internal ferrule (21) being made of a metal material (such as cast iron or steel) with sufficient thickness to resist, together with the intermediate ring (23), the mechanical stresses caused by rotor (11) operation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 12, 2007
Date of Patent:
April 17, 2012
Assignee:
Gamesa Innovation & Technology, S.L.
Inventors:
Rafael Rodriguez Rodriguez, Jaime Peredo Argos
Abstract: A motor or generator has a design that allows resistive magnetic forces that restrict the movement of the rotor to be diminished, thus increasing efficiency. A pivoting rotor design allows magnets on the rotor to break the magnetic field first in the center of the rotor due to the attraction of other magnets. The generator or motor includes a drive shaft, and at least one generator or motor stage including two stators interleaved with one rotor having a plurality of pivoting frames each including at least one magnet.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 21, 2011
Publication date:
March 22, 2012
Applicants:
ANDEAN UNIVERSITY FUNDATION SECTIONAL PEREIRA, MEGAION RESEARCH CORPORATION
Abstract: Disclosed is a rotor assembly for an electric machine includes a rotor core. The rotor core has at least one magnet slot with an increasing slot width as radial distance from a rotor shaft increases, and at least one slot lip extending at least partially across the slot width. The rotor assembly also includes at least one permanent magnet located in at least one magnet slot, the magnet having an increasing magnet width as radial distance from a rotor shaft increases. The rotor assembly further includes a retainer disposed in the magnet slot radially between the magnet and the at least one slot lip. Also disclosed is a method of securing at least one permanent magnet in a rotor assembly of an electric machine.
Abstract: Disclosed herein is a generator having a rotor which comprises rotor excitation element-carrying modules, for example magnets, radially movable in relation to the generator shaft in such a manner, when in their retracted position, as to significantly ease generator transport and assembly. The use of these movable magnet-carrying modules is particularly useful in direct drive-type generators which do not require a multiplier. Another object of the invention is an assembly process which comprises a generator equipped with said radially movable magnet-carrying modules.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 11, 2011
Publication date:
February 16, 2012
Applicant:
ACCIONA WINDPOWER, S.A.
Inventors:
EDUARDO AZANZA LADRÓN, José Miguel García Sayés, Teresa Arlabán Gabeiras, Miguel Núñez Polo
Abstract: The present invention provides a rotor of a brushless (BL) motor, including: a high-strength engineering plastic member formed by injection-molding high-strength engineering plastic around a concavo-convex portion 12a formed on the outer circumferential surface of a rotary shaft; a sound-absorbing resin element formed by injection-molding a sound-absorbing resin around the high-strength engineering plastic member; a cylindrical ring magnet assembly including a plurality of axially aligned ring-shaped magnets, each of which has a plurality of indented grooves 20a and 20b formed on both end edges of the inner circumferential surface thereof; and a high-strength plastic member formed by injection-molding a high-strength plastic between the sound-absorbing resin element and the ring magnet assembly, the high-strength plastic member having a plurality of protrusions formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof in such a fashion that each protrusion corresponds to an associated one of the indented grooves of
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate generally to electric motors, alternators, generators and the like, and more particularly, to stator structures and rotor-stator structures for motors that can be configured to, for example, reduce detent.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 14, 2011
Date of Patent:
December 6, 2011
Assignee:
Novatorque, Inc.
Inventors:
John Petro, Ken G. Wasson, Jeremy F. Mayer
Abstract: A permanent magnet rotor includes a rotor shaft, a rotor packet that is secured to the rotor shaft and that has a radially inner region and a radially outer region, reception pockets provided in the rotor packet between its radially inner region and its radially outer region and permanent magnets that are positioned in the reception pockets. Clearances are provided in the radially inner region of the rotor packet. The permanent magnets are fixed in the respectively associated reception pocket by means of a projection of a part region of the inner region, wherein the part region is arranged between the respective clearance and the respective reception pocket.
Abstract: A permanent magnet arrangement for an electrical machine comprises a support structure for carrying magnetic flux and a pole assembly fixed to the support structure. The pole assembly comprises a magnet pole comprising at least one piece of permanent magnet material, and a magnet carrier on which the magnet pole is mounted and which provides a magnetic flux path between the magnet pole and the support structure. The permanent magnet arrangement further comprises a sleeve containing the magnet pole and at least part of the magnet carrier. The magnet carrier is secured to the support structure to fix the pole assembly to the support structure and the sleeve is clamped to the support structure by the magnet carrier. A method for assembling the permanent magnet arrangement is also described.
Abstract: A motor rotor has a rotor yoke having a polygonal column structure, a plurality of magnet fixing sections formed on the lateral surface of the rotor yoke, segment magnets respectively fixed to the magnet fixing sections and extending in the axial direction of the rotor yoke, and projections provided on the rotor yoke and protruding outward from the rotor yoke, the projections being provided at each boundary section located between each of the adjacent magnet fixing sections and being provided in pairs in the axial direction of the rotor yoke.
Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor for an electric machine, comprising a base body and a plurality of support bodies that are fixed on the base body and support permanent magnets. The rotor is characterized in that two first support bodies that are located at a distance from one another form a receiving region for a second support body, allowing the first support body to be positively connected to the second support body.
Abstract: A rotor for an electric machine having a number of poles includes a shaft that extends along a portion of an axis and defines an outer surface. A first core portion is formed as a single inseparable component and includes a first portion that extends from the outer surface to a first outside diameter to define a first thickness, and a second portion spaced axially from the first portion that includes a reduced back portion that extends from an inside diameter to the first outside diameter to define a second thickness that is less than the first thickness. A second core portion is connected to the first core portion and includes a second outside diameter that is substantially the same as the first outside diameter.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 1, 2007
Date of Patent:
October 11, 2011
Assignee:
A.O. Smith Corporation
Inventors:
Dan M. Ionel, Stephen J. Dellinger, Robert J. Heideman, Alan E. Lesak
Abstract: A permanent magnet motor is provided. The permanent magnet motor includes: a stator including a stator core, and an insulator for insulating the stator core from the wire; and a rotor in which a rotating shaft is attached to a center of the rotor and a permanent magnet is provided in an outer peripheral portion of the rotor. The stator core includes an annular yoke portion, a plurality of teeth extended radially from an inner periphery of the yoke portion, and a plurality of slots for accommodating a wire to be wound around the teeth at both ends in a circumferential direction of the teeth. A number of the slots in the stator core is set to be 18, the permanent magnet of the rotor is formed by a ferrite magnet, and a number of poles of the permanent magnet is set to be 12.
Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electric machine rotor. The rotor includes, a rotatable shaft, a plurality of pole segments attached to the shaft, and a plurality of magnets attached to the plurality of pole segments such that one of the plurality of magnets is positioned circumferentially between adjacent pole segments and each of the plurality of magnets has nonparallel circumferentially opposing sides.
Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator generates electromagnetic forces across large radial gaps to support a body. The actuator has an actuator target having a rotational axis, and a target magnetic element arranged circumferentially around the rotational axis that has inner and outer magnetic poles. A cylindrical soft-magnetic target pole is magnetically coupled to the outer cylindrical magnetic pole of the target magnetic element. An actuator base includes radial poles arranged circumferentially around and radially spaced apart from the cylindrical soft-magnetic target pole. The radial poles and the cylindrical soft-magnetic target pole are magnetically coupled and define a plurality of magnetic control circuits. Control coils around the radial poles are configured to produce magnetic fluxes in the magnetic control circuits.
Abstract: A rotating machine with a permanent magnet rotor that is easier, lower cost, and lighter includes a plurality of permanent magnet assemblies (20) mounted on a rotor body (1). The magnet assemblies (20) are mounted via magnet holders that each include a pair of claws (2, 3) connected by a bridge (5) and forming a seat for a respective magnet assembly (20). The claws have terminal expansions (11) that extend beyond the bridge (5) and form a second seat in which a tightening section (9) is received. The claws (2, 3) can elastically pivot about the bridge (5) when the terminal expansions (11) are squeezed together or forced apart, allowing insertion of and securing the magnet assembly, respectively.
Abstract: A rotor (10) for a rotary electric machine which comprises: two field spiders (12) each of which runs more or less radially with respect to the main axis of the rotor (10) and comprises a series of axial arms (20) in which each arm (20) runs axially inwards from the associated field spider (12), towards the other field spider (12) in such a way that each arm (20) of a field spider (12) lies in the space there is between two consecutive arms (20) of the other field spider (12); and at least one magnetic element (24) the main orientation of which is longitudinal position transversely between two adjacent arms (20) belonging one to each field spider (12) and which comprises at least one magnet (28), characterized in that the magnetic element (24) comprises at least one support shim (30) made of a non-magnetic material and mounted on a transverse end face of the magnet (28), and means of connecting the shim (30) to the magnet (28).