Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
131 words
A permanent magnet-excited rotor for a synchronous machine which has a cast short circuit cage comprising shorting rings at both ends, and a cylindrical lamination stack secured against centrifugal stresses and comprising slots that extend generally radially relative to the axis of the stack as well as longitudinally along the stack for receiving permanent magnets, the rotor comprising: means, rigidly connected to the lamination stack, closing the slots at the outer periphery of the rotor; and recesses in at least one of the rings, the total number of recesses being equal to the number of the slots and each of the recesses being aligned with a corresponding one of the slots and being large enough to allow a magnet to be inserted longitudinally therethrough into the respective one of the slots.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
131 words
A permanent magnet-excited rotor for a synchronous machine which has a cast short circuit cage comprising shorting rings at both ends, and a cylindrical lamination stack secured against centrifugal stresses and comprising slots that extend generally radially relative to the axis of the stack as well as longitudinally along the stack for receiving permanent magnets, the rotor comprising: means, rigidly connected to the lamination stack, closing the slots at the outer periphery of the rotor; and recesses in at least one of the rings, the total number of recesses being equal to the number of the slots and each of the recesses being aligned with a corresponding one of the slots and being large enough to allow a magnet to be inserted longitudinally therethrough into the respective one of the slots.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
62 words
The invention in claim 1 in which the lamination stack comprises annular laminations, and the portion of each of the slots in each lamination extends radially only part of the way from the inner radial edge of the lamination toward the outer radial edge, whereby the outer end of each of the slots is closed by an integral part of the lamination.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
88 words
The invention according to claim 1 or 2, in which the radial dimension of each of the slots exceeds the radial width of the shorting rings and the shorting rings are subdivided into segments, each of the segments extends in the arcuate direction from one slot across the following slot to the slot thereafter, and the segments at one end of the rotor are offset angularly relative to the segments at the other end by a length of arc corresponding to the spacing between two of the slots.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
129 words
The invention according to claim 1 in which the slots extend inwardly from the circumference of the rotor, the radial dimension of the slots is less than the radial thickness of the lamination stack, the means closing the slots comprises metal strips attached to the portions of the lamination stack defining the outer end of each of the slots, the radial depth of the recesses is substantially equal to the radial dimension of the slots, each of the two shorting rings has a number of recesses which corresponds to one-half of the number of the slots, and both of the rings are arranged in meander-fashion and are offset angularly relative to each other by a length of arc corresponding to the spacing between two adjacent ones of the slots.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
78 words
The invention according to claim 1 in which the radial dimension of the slots is smaller than the radial thickness of the lamination stack, the radial depth of each of the recesses is substantially equal to the radial dimension of the slots, and all of the recesses are provided in one of the shorting rings and that shorting ring comprises segment parts that protrude outward between the recesses, and are connected by an inner portion of the ring.