US4012652A
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Unidirectional self-starting electrical motors with shaded poles and shaded magnetic shunt
Assignee: Electrical Remote Control Co Ltd
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Filing: 1974-04-24
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Granted: 1977-03-15
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Expires: 1994-04-24
Abstract
Abstract A unidirectional self-starting synchronous motor comprises a stator having pole teeth of alternating polarity some of which are shaded to provide shaded pole groups alternating with unshaded pole groups. The shaded groups are angularly displaced from a symmetrical position. The total number of effective poles equals the theoretical synchronous number and these are poles divided substantially evenly between the groups. In one case, a shaded shunt is provided as an addition to the shaded groups and a rotor is provided from radially-polarized, anisotropic, ferrite.
Inventors
- 👤 John Derek Gilbert
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 01:10
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02K; H02K21/00; H02K21/12; H02K21/14; H02K21/145; H02K37/00; H02K37/10; H02K37/12; H02K37/14; H02K2201/00; H02K2201/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 33
Claim 1
Independent Claim
303 words
A unidirectionally self-starting synchronously-operable motor comprising: a magnetically polarized rotor; and a stator with two parts each having a plurality of pole teeth wherein pole teeth of one stator part interdigitate with the pole teeth of the other stator part, shading means for shading some of said pole teeth so as to provide at least one group of shaded pole teeth and at least one group of unshaded pole teeth, with the groups so disposed around the stator that in proceding around the stator a plurality of times there is encountered an alternate sequence comprising a group of shaded pole teeth followed by a group of unshaded pole teeth, said at least one group of shaded pole teeth being angularly spaced in the direction of rotor rotation from a symmetrical position relative to said at least one group of unshaded pole teeth, the number n of stator pole teeth being an integer substantially equal to 360 divided by the mean pole pitch angle which exists within the majority of the pole sets within the groups, that number n being accommodated by virtue of the pole teeth at the traling end of the at least one group of shaded pole teeth and at the leading end of the at least one group of unshaded pole teeth having circumferential widths and angular displacements relative to the other pole teeth such that each pole tooth is accommodated between, and without contact with, its two adjacent pole teeth, the number of said groups being x such that the number of pole teeth in any of said groups being an integer in the range from n/x - 1 to n/x + 1, and a shaded magnetic shunt added to at least one group of shaded pole teeth extending substantially from one of said stator parts towards the other.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
303 words
A unidirectionally self-starting synchronously-operable motor comprising: a magnetically polarized rotor; and a stator with two parts each having a plurality of pole teeth wherein pole teeth of one stator part interdigitate with the pole teeth of the other stator part, shading means for shading some of said pole teeth so as to provide at least one group of shaded pole teeth and at least one group of unshaded pole teeth, with the groups so disposed around the stator that in proceding around the stator a plurality of times there is encountered an alternate sequence comprising a group of shaded pole teeth followed by a group of unshaded pole teeth, said at least one group of shaded pole teeth being angularly spaced in the direction of rotor rotation from a symmetrical position relative to said at least one group of unshaded pole teeth, the number n of stator pole teeth being an integer substantially equal to 360 divided by the mean pole pitch angle which exists within the majority of the pole sets within the groups, that number n being accommodated by virtue of the pole teeth at the traling end of the at least one group of shaded pole teeth and at the leading end of the at least one group of unshaded pole teeth having circumferential widths and angular displacements relative to the other pole teeth such that each pole tooth is accommodated between, and without contact with, its two adjacent pole teeth, the number of said groups being x such that the number of pole teeth in any of said groups being an integer in the range from n/x - 1 to n/x + 1, and a shaded magnetic shunt added to at least one group of shaded pole teeth extending substantially from one of said stator parts towards the other.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
A motor as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said stator parts has the same number of shaded pole teeth as unshaded pole teeth.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
A motor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the trailing pole tooth of said at least one group of shaded pole teeth is accommodated between, and without contact with, its two adjacent ones of said pole teeth.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
A motor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the leading pole tooth of said at least one group of unshaded pole teeth is accommodated between, and without contact with, its two adjacent ones of said pole teeth.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
A motor as claimed in claim 4, wherein at least one of said two adjacent pole teeth has a width less than that of the majority of said teeth to allow for the accommodation of said leading pole tooth.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
A motor as claimed in claim 4, wherein said leading pole tooth has a width less then that of the majority of said teeth.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
53 words
A motor as claimed in claim 6, wherein said width of said majority is about 70% of the distance between the centers of the majority of the adjacent pairs of said pole teeth while the width of said pole tooth of lesser width is about 12% less than said width of said majority.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
A motor as claimed in claim 4, wherein each of said stator parts has the same number of shaded pole teeth as unshaded pole teeth.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
A motor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the number of rotor poles equals n.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
11 words
A motor as claimed in claim 1, wherein n is sixteen.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
A motor as claimed in claim 4, wherein said at least one group of shaded pole teeth is displaced by about 180-φ electrical degrees from a symmetrical position.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
16 words
A motor as claimed in claim 1, and comprising a rotor of radially polarized anisotropic ferrite.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
49 words
A motor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said stator is provided with a stator coil comprising two windings both encircling the stator pole teeth whereby the motor can be made to step by transferring a single polarity drive signal from one to the other of said two windings.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
61 words
A motor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said stator is provided with a stator coil consisting of a single winding, there being in combination with said motor an a.c. pulse generator connected to said stator coil, said pulse generator supplying said stator coil with an a.c. pulse train with gaps between the pulses thereby producing stepwise operation of said motor.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
21 words
A motor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said parts together provide a continuously alternating sequence of north and south poles.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
28 words
A motor as claimed in claim 15, wherein said at least one group of shaded pole teeth is displaced by about 180-φ electrical degrees from a symmetrical position.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
28 words
A motor as claimed in claim 1, comprising at least two groups of said shaded pole teeth each having a shaded magnetic shunt of negligible net driving field.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
24 words
A motor as claimed in claim 17, wherein each of said groups of shaded pole teeth has said magnetic shunt at its leading end.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
30 words
A motor as claimed in claim 18, wherein said shunt is disposed wholly within the angle between the leading pole tooth of its group and the next unshaded pole tooth.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
21 words
A motor as claimed in claim 19, wherein said parts together provide a continuously alternating sequence of north and south poles.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
20 words
A motor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said shunt passes into abutment with the other of said stator parts.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
37 words
A motor as claimed in claim 1, wherein one of said parts has one shading member and the other of said parts has another shading member and said shunt is shaded by both of said shading members.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
58 words
A motor as claimed in claim 1, wherein x is four, one of said shaded groups and one of said unshaped groups has n/x pole teeth, the other of said shaded groups has n/x + 1 pole teeth and the other unshaded group, at the trailing end of said other shaded group, has n/x - 1 pole teeth.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
42 words
A motor as claimed in claim 18, wherein one of said groups of shaded pole teeth has n/x + 1 pole teeth and the group of unshaded poles at the trailing end of said one group has n/x - 1 pole teeth.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
18 words
A motor as claimed in claim 24, wherein the others of said groups each has n/x pole teeth.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
54 words
A motor as claimed in claim 1, wherein one of the trailing pole teeth of said at least one group of shaded pole teeth and the leading pole tooth of said at least one group of unshaded pole teeth is accommodated between, and without contact with, its two adjacent ones of said pole teeth.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
54 words
A motor as claimed in claim 23, wherein one of the trailing pole teeth of said at least one group of shaded pole teeth and the leading pole tooth of said at least one group of unshaded pole teeth is accommodated between, and without contact with, its two adjacent ones of said pole teeth.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
24 words
A motor as claimed in claim 13, wherein said two windings are arranged one after the other along the axis of said stator coil.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
20 words
A motor as claimed in claim 13, wherein one of said two windings encircles the other of said two windings.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
16 words
A motor as claimed in claim 13, wherein said two windings are wound in bifilar fashion.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
17 words
A motor as claimed in claim 14, wherein said a.c. pulse generator is a square-wave pulse generator.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
20 words
A motor as claimed in claim 14, wherein said a.c. pulse generator is operable in the range up to 70Hz.
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