Abstract: The torque-increasing device includes multiple rotating discs, rings, or rotors, each including embedded or affixed magnets. The discs are canted toward each other, thus passing closer to each during the first half of a rotation, and further apart during the second half of a rotation. As the adjacent magnets attract each other, the attractive force is split into two vectors: a vector that is perpendicular to an imaginary plane that divides the discs, and a torque vector that is parallel to the face of the rotors. Disruption of the attraction of the magnets on either the upper or lower half of the rotor, or a segment of the upper or lower half, unbalances the rotors and captures a torque.

Abstract: Exchangeable stator components are selected and exchangeable rotor components are selected to transform a motor from one motor class to another motor class. A motor comprises at least two stator rings, at least two outer rotor rings, a first input, and a second input. The first input comprises an exchangeable stator component selected from a stator component group consisting of a stator spacer ring and an axially magnetized stator magnet ring, the axially magnetized stator magnet ring comprising a solid axially magnetized ring magnet. The second input comprises an exchangeable rotor component selected from a rotor component group consisting of a rotor spacer ring and an axially magnetized rotor magnet ring.

Abstract: A stator of an electric motor has a cylinder-shaped stator core. First core teeth and second core teeth are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction on the inner peripheral surface of the stator core. The second core teeth each have a cross-sectional shape perpendicular to the central axis of the stator core different from the cross-sectional shape of the first core tooth. A coil is assembled to the first tooth. The coil is assembled to one of the first core tooth and the second core tooth. The width of the second core tooth is reduced with a step of a curved surface at a boundary between the tip end portion and a portion behind of the tip end portion.

Abstract: This patent describes a three-phased reluctance motor (10) of stepper type with six coils placed in six slots (151-156) in a stator (5), n*6 teeth (7) in rotor (5) where n is an integer equal to or larger than 3, typically 8-16 and were the teeth (18) in stator (4) are shifted unsymmetrical so the motor (10) can produce torque at every angle between rotor (5) and stator (4).

Abstract: An adapter for motor replacement includes fixing portions. The adapter has a shape of being placeable so as to be bridged between a housing that fixes a motor and a pulley that is fixed to the motor and transmits a rotary drive force via a belt and to avoid a space for removing the motor from the housing. The fixing portions are respectively fixed to the housing, to which the motor is fixed, and the pulley fixed to the motor.

Abstract: A stepper motor assembly, for use in an instrument panel in some applications, has a first rotor, a second rotor, a set of first electromagnets, and a set of second electromagnets. Each electromagnet is disposed adjacent to one of the first and second rotors and is configured to generate a magnetic field to rotate the respective rotor. The first rotor is configured to rotate a first shaft, wherein the first shaft extends from a first side of the stepper motor assembly. The second rotor is configured to rotate a second shaft, wherein the second shaft extends from a second side of the stepper motor assembly. The second side is opposite the first side. The first and second shafts are rotatable independently about a single shaft axis.

Abstract: A system for controlling an angular position of a component of an aircraft includes a component having a shaft that includes at least one magnet. The system also includes a housing configured to receive the shaft and including at least one coil configured to generate a magnetic field based on a current through the at least one coil.

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: The present invention relates to a linear stepping motor, the motor characterized by: a housing; a stator mounted inside the housing: a rotor rotatively arranged at an inner surface of the stator and mounted with a female screw threaded to a lead screw; a mounting plate fixed at a lateral surface of the housing for passing the lead screw; and a plate cover coupled between the mounting plate and the housing configured to prevent a bearing rotatively supporting the female screw from axially moving, such that the bearing can be securely fixed in a simple structure by the plate cover itself to allow a free design in the size of a central hole of the housing or the size of an outer diameter of a magnet regardless of the size of outer diameter of the bearing, and the bearing is securely fixed to the plate cover by caulking to prevent the bearing from moving axially, whereby vibration and noise can be remarkably reduced to enhance the reliability of the product.

Abstract: An improved hybrid drive apparatus with a switched reluctance hub motor. The switched reluctance motor eliminates any drag caused by the existing magnetic fields of the motors used in the prior art by turning off the magnetic fields when not being used. It also is cleaner and more efficient to operate, as any magnetic road dust or debris attracted during operation is dropped or repelled when the magnetic fields are turned off. An improved switched reluctance motor may be used, with a stator ring and rotor ring designed so that the low reluctance flux path does not pass through the full diameter of the rotor or rotor bars.

Abstract: An AC motor is provided. In the AC motor, there are M pieces (M is an integer of 3 or more) of stator pole groups SPG are arranged in a rotor axis direction, where each of the stator poles groups is composed of a plurality of stator poles which are for the same phase and arranged in a circumferential direction of the motor. Between the stator pole groups SPG, “M?1” pieces of annular windings WR are arranged which allow one-way current to flow therethrough. The windings WR are arranged such that the directions of current passing therethrough are reversed in turn in the rotor axis direction. The stator pole groups SPG are excited to generate magnetic fluxes ?G directed in a one way. The excited directions of the magnetic fluxes ?G are reversed in turn in the rotor axis direction.

Abstract: A switched reluctance motor includes a stator and a rotor, the stator having stator poles supporting a magnetic field focusing device such as a near field plates on each stator pole tip. An example near field plate has a spatially modulated surface reactance configured so as to focus magnetic flux extending from each pole tip within at least one region of increased magnetic field proximate the pole tip.

Abstract: Disclosed is a poly-phase reluctance electric motor with transverse magnetic flux, which electric motor is composed of a stator and a rotor. The stator is composed of a housing (1) and a number m of phase armature units which are arranged within the housing (1) along the axial direction successively, with each of the phase armature units being staggered at an electrical angle of 360°/m along the circumferential direction. Each phase armature unit is composed of a unit armature iron core, an armature coil (2) and permanent magnets (3), with the unit armature iron core being composed of a first annular iron core segment (6), a second annular iron core segment (7) and a third annular iron core segment (8). The armature coil (2) is embedded within an annular space formed among the first to the third annular iron core segments (6, 7, 8).

Abstract: A small electric motor is disclosed, such as a claw pole motor. An exemplary small electric motor includes a housing, a stator having at least two stator windings, a rotor having a rotational axis, and a flexible conductor foil for the electrical connection of the stator windings. The conductor foil includes winding connection contacts, external connection contacts and conductor paths between the winding connection contacts and the external connection contacts. Taps of the stator windings are electrically contacted with the winding connection contacts of the conductor foil. The conductor foil can be configured as an elongated strip having at least two connection portions which are arranged in spaced-apart relationship with each other and include winding connection contacts.

Abstract: A regenerative switched reluctance motor and a motor drive system therefor are provided. The motor has a rotor 33 with stacked rotor units 33a-33d each comprising 2n salient poles and a stator 31 with stacked stator units 31a-31d surrounded by and corresponding to the rotor units and each comprising 4n magnetic poles to form a predetermined gap with the salient poles of the corresponding rotor unit. A first excitation coil 32(A) is wound on every other one of the 4n magnetic poles of each stator unit, while a second excitation coil 32(B) is wound on the remaining magnetic poles thereof. The rotor units are sequentially shifted by a predetermined angle in angular position relative to the stator units. The switched reluctance motor and the motor drive system can efficiently drive the motor and recover regenerative power with little torque ripple and noise.

Abstract: A regenerative switched reluctance motor and a motor drive system therefor are provided. The motor has a rotor 33 with stacked rotor units 33a-33d each comprising 2n salient poles and a stator 31 with stacked stator units 31a-31d surrounding and corresponding to the rotor units and each comprising 4n magnetic poles to form a predetermined gap with the salient poles of the corresponding rotor unit. A first excitation coil 32(A) is wound on every other one of the 4n magnetic poles of each stator unit, while a second excitation coil 32(B) is wound on the remaining magnetic poles thereof. The rotor units are sequentially shifted by a predetermined angle in angular position relative to the stator units. The switched reluctance motor and the motor drive system can efficiently drive the motor and recover regenerative power with little torque ripple and noise.

Abstract: Drive circuits that provide power factor correction and input current waveform shaping for controlling the speed and torque in a switched reluctance machine (SRM). The machine's phase windings are split into two segments, one of which is used for active power factor correction, input ac current waveform shaping and partial torque generation and the other of which is used for torque generation.

Abstract: A single phase electromagnetic servo-actuator that includes a rotary actuator which moves a mobile member along a limited travel including a 2N ferromagnetic pole stator structure and at least one excitation coil, the stator structure being made of a material with high magnetic permeability and a rotor having ferromagnetic yoke and a thin magnetized portion of 2N pairs of axially magnetized poles, in alternate directions, and a rotor angular position sensor, the thin magnetized portion being a separate element from the ferromagnetic yoke.

Abstract: A synchronous reluctance motor for conveying media with large air gap for low speed operation with simple scalar control, which comprises a stator and a tapered reluctance rotor are reported.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a switched reluctance motor assembly including: a shaft becoming the rotation center of the motor; a rotor part rotatably coupled to the shaft; a first bearing part coupled to an upper portion of the rotor part in an axial direction; a stopper coupled to a lower portion of the rotor part in the axial direction; and a second bearing part coupled to a lower portion of the stopper in the axial direction. According to the present invention, a distance in the axial direction between the bearing parts formed at both sides based on the shaft of the switched reluctance motor is reduced, thereby making it possible to reduce vibration and noise generated at the time of driving of the motor.

Abstract: A synchronous reluctance motor for conveying media with large air gap for low speed operation with simple scalar control, which comprises a stator and a tapered reluctance rotor are reported.

Abstract: A rotor described herein includes a plurality of flux barriers that include at least one magnetic path formed between a plurality of slits. The flux barriers are arranged in a circumferential direction at a predetermined interval. Adjacent flux barriers are concatenated on an inner circumferential side by an annular connector provided on the inner circumferential side, and are separated on an outer circumferential side by openings provided on the outer circumferential side. The rotor also includes a permanent magnet at least partially embedded within the annular connector.

Abstract: The invention concerns a rotary single-phase electromagnetic servo actuator consisting of a rotary actuator designed to move a mobile member along a limited travel, including a 2N pole stator structure, N being equal to 1 or 2, and at least one field coil, said stator structure being made of a material with high magnetic permeability, and a rotor having a ferromagnetic yoke and a thin magnetized portion consisting of 2N pairs of axially magnetized poles, in alternate directions and a rotor angular position sensor. The invention is characterized in that the position sensor has a magnetic field emitter integral with the yoke and a receiver for the magnetic field stationary relative to the stator structure.

Abstract: A motor and a control unit therefor comprise: salient rotor poles and salient stator poles, which are arranged along circumferences of phases A, B and C with an even interval therebetween; magnetic paths for passing magnetic fluxes, the paths permitting the magnetic fluxes passing through the salient rotor and stator poles of each phase to return to the rotor side; and substantially looped windings arranged between the salient stator poles of individual phases and the magnetic paths for passing magnetic fluxes, wherein currents are supplied to the windings in synchronization with the rotational position of the rotor to thereby output torque. Since the structures of the stator, the rotor and the windings are simple, productivity is enhanced, whereby high quality, small size and low cost can be realized.

Abstract: A switched reluctance motor is provided that includes a housing, a stator and a rotor received and installed within the housing, and a rotor position detector that detects a rotational position of the rotor at an outer side of the housing. With such structure, assembly may be quickly and easily performed, a sensor may be easily repaired and checked, and a bad influence on the sensor by temperature and dust may be reduced.

Abstract: A rotary reluctance motor includes a set of inner disks each having an inner diameter root, an outer diameter free end, and a plurality of alternating high permeability teeth and low permeability material segments. A set of outer disks is interleaved with the inner disks to form a disk stack. Each outer disk has an outer diameter root, an inner diameter free end, and a plurality of alternating high permeability teeth and low permeability material segments. The inner and outer disks are configured to bear against and support each other in response to axial magnetic forces. Flux return portions are disposed axially adjacent the disks at each end of the disk stack. A coil is associated with the roots of one of the sets of disks and configured to provide axial flux through the disk stack to rotate one set of disks with respect to the other set of disks.

Abstract: A hybrid step motor comprises a stator, a rotor assembly, a magnet and a mandrel. The rotor assembly and the magnet are mounted on the mandrel and are disposed in the stator. The proportion of a stator outer diameter to a stator inner diameter is 1:0.475 to 1:0.6. The proportion of the stator outer diameter to a rotor outer diameter is 1:0.5125 to 1:0.5875. The proportion of a first rotor thickness to a magnet thickness to a second rotor thickness is 0.236:0.09:0.236 optimally. The proportion of the rotor outer diameter to a magnet outer diameter is 0.54:0.45. By such arrangements, the optimal proportion is formed and the output efficiency is improved.

Abstract: The method of providing a motor, includes providing a first thin-walled end cap having first inner and outer walls connected by a first integral side wall, the first outer wall defining a first terminal edge; providing a second thin-walled end cap having second inner and outer walls connected by a second integral side wall, the second outer wall defining a second terminal edge; providing a stator, having multiple parallel laminations defining an axially extending bore to receive a laminated rotor, the stator having end laminations, positioning the end caps so that the edges extend adjacent stator opposite end laminations.