Stator winding for two-speed electrodynamic machines having fractional speed ratios

Claim 2

A stator for an A.C. motor, comprising: a plurality of legs, each leg having wound thereon an energizing coil, said coils being serially connected in one of two phases, in one of first and second conditions, to produce the polarities in the following table, where p= the number of stator pole pairs and n= all integers from 2 to p, inclusive: ______________________________________ First Condition Leg No. Phase Polarity ______________________________________ 1 + 4(p' - n) A + 2 + 4(p' - n) B + 3 + 4(p' - n) A - 4 + 4(p' - n) B -, ______________________________________ Second Condition Leg No. Phase Polarity ______________________________________ 1 + 6(p - n) A + 2 + 6(p - n) A + 3 + 6(p - n) B + 4 + 6(p - n) B + 5 + 6(p - n) A - 6 + 6(p - n) B -, ______________________________________ where p' = 1.5 p; where p ≧ 2.

Claim 3

An A.C. motor, having first and second speeds with a fractional speed ratio, excited by a two-phase power supply, for connection to switching means, comprising: (a) a rotor; (b) a stator having first through twelfth legs, each leg having wound thereon an energizing coil to produce a magnetic pole, said magnetic pole being formed on said leg by means of electric current flowing through said coil, such that all such poles formed are true poles for each said speed; and (c) under a first condition, when said coils on said first, eleventh, ninth, fifth, seventh, and third legs are serially connected to a first phase of said power supply to produce, respectively, N, S, N, S, N, and S magnetizations of those legs, with application of a positive current, and said coils on said second, fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth, and twelfth legs are serially connected to a second phase of said power supply to produce, respectively, N, S, N, S, N, and S magnetizations of those legs with application of a positive current; said motor will operate at the lower of said first and second speeds when excited by said two-phase power supply; (d) under a second condition, when said coils on said first, eleventh, eighth, seventh, fifth, and second legs are serially connected to a first phase of said power supply to produce, respectively, N, S, N, N, S, and N magnetizations of those legs with application of a positive current, and said coils on said third, fourth, sixth, ninth, tenth, and twelfth legs are serially connected to a second phase of said power supply to produce, respectively, N, N, S, N, N, and S magnetizations of those legs with a positive current; said motor will operate at the higher of said first and second speeds when excited by said two-phase power supply; and (e) said switching means connects all said coils to selectively produce either of said first and second conditions.

Claim 4

An A.C. motor, having first and second speeds with a fractional speed ratio, excited by a two-phase power supply, for connection to switching means, comprising: (a) a rotor; (b) a stator having first through twelfth legs, each leg having wound thereon an energizing coil to produce a magnetic pole, said magnetic pole being formed on said leg by means of electric current flowing through said coil, such that all such poles formed are true poles for each said speed; and (c) under a first condition, when said coils on said first, eleventh, ninth, fifth, seventh, and third legs are serially connected to a first phase of said power supply to produce, respectively, N, S, N, S, N, and S magnetizations of those legs, with application of a positive current, and said coils on said second, fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth, and twelfth legs are serially connected to a second phase of said power supply to produce, respectively, N, S, N, S, N, and S magnetizations of those legs with application of a positive current; said motor will operate at the lower of said first and second speeds when excited by said two-phase power supply; (d) under a second condition, when said coils on said first, eleventh, eighth, seventh, fifth, and second legs are serially connected to a first phase of said power supply to produce, respectively, N, S, N, N, S, and N magnetizations of those legs with application of a positive current, and said coils on said third, fourth, sixth, ninth, tenth, and twelfth legs are serially connected to a second phase of said power supply to produce, respectively, N, N, S, N, N, and S magnetizations of those legs with a positive current; said motor will operate at the higher of said first and second speeds when excited by said two-phase power supply; and (e) said switching means connects all said coils to selectively produce either of said first and second conditions.

Claim 5

An A.C. motor, having first and second speeds with a fractional speed ratio, excited by a two-phase power supply, for connection to switching means, comprising: (a) a rotor; (b) a stator having first through twelfth legs, each leg having wound thereon an energizing coil to produce a magnetic pole, said magnetic pole being formed on said leg by means of electric current flowing through said coil, such that all such poles formed are true poles for each said speed; and (c) under a first condition, when the coils on said first, eleventh, ninth, seventh, fifth, and third legs are serially connected to a first phase of said power supply to produce, respectively, N, S, N, S, N, and S magnetizations of those legs, with application of a positive current, and said coils on said second, fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth, and twelfth legs are serially connected to a second phase of said power supply to produce, respectively, N, S, N, S, N, and S magnetizations of those legs with application of a positive current; said motor will operate at the lower of said first and second speeds when excited by said two-phase power supply; (d) under a second condition, when the coils on said first, second, fourth, seventh, tenth, and eleventh legs are serially connected to a first phase of said power supply to produce, respectively, N, N, S, N, S, and S magnetizations of those legs, with application of a positive current, and said coils on said third, fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth and twelfth legs are serially connected to a second phase of said power supply to produce, respectively, N, S, S, N, N, and S magnetizations of those legs with application of a positive current; said motor will operate at the lower of said first and second speeds when excited by said two-phase power supply; and (e) said switching means connects all said coils to selectively produce either of said first and second conditions.

Claim 6

An A.C. motor, having first and second speeds with a fractional speed ratio, excited by a two-phase power supply, for connection to switching means, comprising: (a) a rotor; (b) a stator having first through twelfth legs, each leg having wound thereon an energizing coil to produce a magnetic pole, said magnetic pole being formed on said leg by means of electric current flowing through said coil, such that all such poles formed are true poles for each said speed; and (c) under a first condition, when the coils on said first, eleventh, ninth, seventh, fifth, and third legs are serially connected to a first phase of said power supply to produce, respectively, N, S, N, S, N, and S magnetizations of those legs, with application of a positive current, and said coils on said second, fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth, and twelfth legs are serially connected to a second phase of said power supply to produce, respectively, N, S, N, S, N, and S magnetizations of those legs with application of a positive current; said motor will operate at the lower of said first and second speeds when excited by said two-phase power supply; (d) under a second condition, when the coils on said first, second, fourth, seventh, tenth, and eleventh legs are serially connected to a first phase of said power supply to produce, respectively, N, N, S, N, S, and S magnetizations of those legs, with application of a positive current, and said coils on said third, fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth and twelfth legs are serially connected to a second phase of said power supply to produce, respectively, N, S, S, N, N, and S magnetizations of those legs with application of a positive current; said motor will operate at the lower of said first and second speeds when excited by said two-phase power supply; and (e) said switching means connects all said coils to selectively produce either of said first and second conditions.