US4438362A
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Self-starting, direct current motor with permanent magnets of varied magnetic strength
Assignee: Comair Rotron Inc
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Filing: 1982-08-19
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Granted: 1984-03-20
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Expires: 2002-08-19
Abstract
Abstract A permanent magnet, direct current motor is made self-starting by the use of permanent magnets with varying magnetization. The use of permanent magnets with varying magnetization results in a rotor position after motor de-energization such that the rotor is angularly offset from a cogged position. This type of motor is made by first, placing uniformly magnetized magnets in a rotor, placing the rotor in an air gap of a toroid on a fixture with a key that correctly positions the rotor, applying a satisfactory magnetic field for a suitable amount of time so that the desired varying magnetization is produced, and finally, assembling the rotor in operative association with the stator so that the at-rest position of the rotor is angularly offset in the direction of rotor rotation from a cogged position.
Inventors
- 👤 Fred A. Brown
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 12:54
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01F; H01F7/00; H01F7/02; H01F7/0205; H02; H02K; H02K15/00; H02K15/02; H02K15/03; H02K29/00; H02K29/06; H02K29/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
182 words
A self-starting, direct current motor comprising first and second relatively rotatable members; at least one winding and at least one salient pole on the first member; at least one radially magnetized permanent magnet having a surface defining an arcuate sector of one magnetic polarity and facing the first member across an air gap, the arcuate sector extending less than 360°, the sector being a continuous single piece of magnetic material said motor having at least one cogged position at a first angular relationship of the first and second members at which relative rotational forces between the first and second members are in equilibrium when the winding is energized; said permanent magnet in said arcuate sector having circumferentially varying magnetic strength defining a location of increased magnetic strength nearer one end of the arcuate sector than the other end thereof in the circumferential direction; and said salient pole and said location of increased magnetic strength being located to attract said first and second members away from said cogged position to an at-rest relative angular position that is angularly removed from the cogged position.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
182 words
A self-starting, direct current motor comprising first and second relatively rotatable members; at least one winding and at least one salient pole on the first member; at least one radially magnetized permanent magnet having a surface defining an arcuate sector of one magnetic polarity and facing the first member across an air gap, the arcuate sector extending less than 360°, the sector being a continuous single piece of magnetic material said motor having at least one cogged position at a first angular relationship of the first and second members at which relative rotational forces between the first and second members are in equilibrium when the winding is energized; said permanent magnet in said arcuate sector having circumferentially varying magnetic strength defining a location of increased magnetic strength nearer one end of the arcuate sector than the other end thereof in the circumferential direction; and said salient pole and said location of increased magnetic strength being located to attract said first and second members away from said cogged position to an at-rest relative angular position that is angularly removed from the cogged position.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
The motor of claim 1, wherein the first member having the winding and the salient pole is a stator and the second member having the permanent magnet with varying magnetization is a rotor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The motor of claim 1, wherein the arcuate sector of one magnetic polarity is one of several sectors of varying magnetic strength that are arcuate in shape.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
The motor of claim 3, wherein the sectors are diametrically opposed and mounted concentrically on a cylindrical rotor forming said first member and amounted to rotate around a salient pole stator forming said second member.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
96 words
The motor of claim 3, wherein said sectors comprise permanent magnet segments arranged on the rotor to cooperate with at least one stator field produced by energization of the winding to attract the magnets and turn the rotor, each of said segments varying in their magnetization in a circumferential direction from a location of stronger magnetization circumferentially nearer an end of the segment to at least one location of weaker magnetic strength, said varied magnetization of each of said segments contributing to producing an at-rest position of the rotor angularly offset from the cogged position thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
52 words
The motor of claim 2, wherein the permanent magnet is a rotor magnet responsive to energization of the stator winding to cause rotation of the rotor and gradually varying in magnetic strength in said sector from said location of increased strength to a location of weakest magnetization near the other end thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
The motor of claim 4, 5 or 6, wherein the varied magnetization of the rotor magnets produces the at-rest position of the rotor position angularly offset in the direction of rotor rotation from a cogged position.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
44 words
The motor according to claim 1 wherein the arcuate sector is a segment physically ending at each sector end and the position of increased magnetic strength is closer, in the circumferential direction, to one physical end of the segment than the other end thereof.
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