US4013909A
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Electric motors
Assignee: National Research Development Corp UK
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Filing: 1975-05-06
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Granted: 1977-03-22
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Expires: 1995-05-06
Abstract
Abstract A pole-amplitude modulation type, speed-changing, 3-phase alternating current electric motor or generator having a composite stator winding comprising two 3-phase winding components. The 3-phase winding components are in themselves pole-amplitude modulation pole-changing, 3-phase windings, but may possess unsuitable electrical characteristics for practical use. The two components are combined the first component being wound on the first half of the stator and the second component being wound on the second half of the stator whereby the composite stator winding is given acceptable electrical characteristics, particularly in respect of harmonic content, or sub-harmonic content, of MMF waveform.
Inventors
- 👤 Alexander Richard William Broadway
- 👤 William Fong
- 👤 Gordon Hindle Rawcliffe
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 20:12
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02K; H02K17/00; H02K17/02; H02K17/12; H02K17/14; H02K3/00; H02K3/04; H02K3/28
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
81 words
A 3-phase alternating-current, speed-changing electric machine of the pole-amplitude modulation type, having a composite 3-phase stator winding consisting solely of two 3-phase winding components providing alternative first and second pole-numbers, the said two components being combined as said composite stator winding, the first in a first half-perimeter of the machine stator and the second in the second half-perimeter of the machine stator, said composite winding providing alternative pole-numbers respectively equal to double the said first and second pole-numbers of said components.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
81 words
A 3-phase alternating-current, speed-changing electric machine of the pole-amplitude modulation type, having a composite 3-phase stator winding consisting solely of two 3-phase winding components providing alternative first and second pole-numbers, the said two components being combined as said composite stator winding, the first in a first half-perimeter of the machine stator and the second in the second half-perimeter of the machine stator, said composite winding providing alternative pole-numbers respectively equal to double the said first and second pole-numbers of said components.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
A 3-phase alternating current electric machine as claimed in claim 1, in which the component phase-windings are balanced between phases whereby the composite winding provides an MMF waveform having a harmonic content lower than that of the component windings.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
A 3-phase alternating current, speed-changing electric machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said components are combined in said composite winding with corresponding component phase-windings connected in different phases of the composite windings.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
105 words
A 3-phase alternating-current, speed-changing electric machine of the pole-amplitude modulation type, having a composite 3-phase stator winding consisting of two 3-phase winding components providing alternative first and second pole-numbers, the said two components being combined as said composite stator winding, the first in a first half-perimeter of the machine stator and the second in the second half-perimeter of the machine stator, said composite winding providing alternative pole-numbers respectively equal to double the said first and second pole-numbers of said components, wherein said components are combined in said composite winding, one component being phase-retarded by an integral number of stator slots relatively to the other component.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
105 words
A 3-phase alternating-current, speed-changing electric machine of the pole-amplitude modulation type, having a composite 3-phase stator winding consisting of two 3-phase winding components providing alternative first and second pole-numbers, the said two components being combined as said composite stator winding, the first in a first half-perimeter of the machine stator and the second in the second half-perimeter of the machine stator, said composite winding providing alternative pole-numbers respectively equal to double the said first and second pole-numbers of said components, wherein said components are combined in said composite winding, one component being phase-retarded by an integral number of stator slots relatively to the other component.
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