Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
168 words
An electromechanical device, comprising: a housing, including bearing means to support a rotatable shaft; a pair of disc magnets poled to have opposite polarity on their faces, and positioned to have faces of a first polarity facing each other and faces of a second polarity facing outwards; at least one first pole shoe positioned to contact both of said two inner disc magnet faces which are facing each other and having portions extending radially from said faces to define a pair of virtual pole chambers of the same polarity as the inner faces; at least one second pole shoe pair positioned to contact both of said two outer faces and having portions extending radially from said faces to define a pair of virtual pole chambers of the same polarity as the outer faces; a toroid stator mounted on said housing and having windings thereon, said stator being positioned annularly around said disc magnets such that the virtual poles surround portions of said windings with alternating fields of polarity.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
168 words
An electromechanical device, comprising: a housing, including bearing means to support a rotatable shaft; a pair of disc magnets poled to have opposite polarity on their faces, and positioned to have faces of a first polarity facing each other and faces of a second polarity facing outwards; at least one first pole shoe positioned to contact both of said two inner disc magnet faces which are facing each other and having portions extending radially from said faces to define a pair of virtual pole chambers of the same polarity as the inner faces; at least one second pole shoe pair positioned to contact both of said two outer faces and having portions extending radially from said faces to define a pair of virtual pole chambers of the same polarity as the outer faces; a toroid stator mounted on said housing and having windings thereon, said stator being positioned annularly around said disc magnets such that the virtual poles surround portions of said windings with alternating fields of polarity.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
The device of claim 1 which includes at least two first pole shoes and at least two pair of second pole shoes positioned to surround said toroid with virtual pole chambers of alternating polarity.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
The device of claim 1 wherein said first pole shoe has a flat portion covering the one face of said disc magnet and a pair of cup portions extending radially from the periphery of said face to define a chamber sized to accept said toroid.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
45 words
The device of claim 3 wherein said second pole shoe has a flat portion covering the other face of said disc magnet and a pair of cup portions extending radially from the periphery of said face to define a chamber sized to accept said toroid.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
The device of claim 4 wherein the length of active winding on said toroid adjacent the cup portions is substantially all of the total winding length, exclusive of allowance for mounting said toroid.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
46 words
The device of claim 1 wherein said first pole shoe has a flat portion contacting the two inner faces of said two magnets and a pair of cup portions extending radially from the periphery of said faces to define a chamber sized to accept said toroid.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
46 words
The device of claim 6, wherein said second pole shoe pair has a flat portion contacting the outer faces of said disc magnets and a pair of cup portions extending radially from the periphery of said faces to define a chamber sized to accept said toroid.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
The device of claim 7 which includes at least two first pole shoes and at least two pair of second pole shoes positioned to present alternating polarity to said toroid.