US5170083A
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Permanent magnet excited electric motor
Assignee: Papst Licensing GmbH and Co KG
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Filing: 1991-03-05
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Granted: 1992-12-08
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Expires: 2011-03-05
Abstract
Abstract A permanent magnet excited motor is provided with a plurality of low circumferential hump-like protrusions on the face of each stator pole to partially decrease the air gap between the stator and rotor and act as so-called magnetic cams to exert a force on the rotor to smooth an otherwise uneven parasitic slot torque that occurs between the interaction of slot openings of the stator poles and the gaps between the permanent magnet poles of the rotor.
Inventors
- 👤 Martin Burgbacher
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 03:41
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02K; H02K29/00; H02K29/03; H02K21/00; H02K21/12; H02K21/14; H02K21/22
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
186 words
A brushless dc motor having a cylindrical type air gap, a slotted stator core and permanent magnet excitation, the air gap being defined between circumferentially facing faces of the slotted stator core and an opposing ring of permanent magnets formed to rotate with respect to the core, the core having a plurality of radially extending winding slots, and the motor including at least one winding forming electromagnetic poles defined in the sectors between slots of the stator core with a plurality of raised portions on each of the electromagnetic pole faces extending radially into the air gap, the circumferential width of the raised portions being small compared to the circumferential width of the pole pitch, the raised portions on each of the pole faces being located such that the distance measured in the direction of rotor rotation from the center of a stator slot defined between any given pair of stator poles to the center of one of said raised portions on the stator face adjacent said given pair of stator poles is equal to n times the rotor pole pitch, n being a whole number.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
186 words
A brushless dc motor having a cylindrical type air gap, a slotted stator core and permanent magnet excitation, the air gap being defined between circumferentially facing faces of the slotted stator core and an opposing ring of permanent magnets formed to rotate with respect to the core, the core having a plurality of radially extending winding slots, and the motor including at least one winding forming electromagnetic poles defined in the sectors between slots of the stator core with a plurality of raised portions on each of the electromagnetic pole faces extending radially into the air gap, the circumferential width of the raised portions being small compared to the circumferential width of the pole pitch, the raised portions on each of the pole faces being located such that the distance measured in the direction of rotor rotation from the center of a stator slot defined between any given pair of stator poles to the center of one of said raised portions on the stator face adjacent said given pair of stator poles is equal to n times the rotor pole pitch, n being a whole number.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
A motor according to claim 1, wherein the circumferential extent of the raised portion corresponds to from 0.5 to 1 times the circumferential width of the stator slot orifice.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
47 words
A motor according to claim 2, wherein the air gap directly next to the raised portion as seen in the circumferential direction has the maximum dimension, which dimension decreases in the direction of the stator pole ends, preferably to a value equal to that above the cog.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A motor according to claim 3, wherein the height of the raised portion is from 0.1 to 0.3 mm with an effective air gap of from 0.3 to 0.6 mm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
A motor according to claim 3, wherein the reduction in air gap dimension is gradual and continuous.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
A motor according to claim 5, wherein the air gap next to the raised portion soon decreases drastically in dimension, then increases again near the stator pole ends and finally decreases directly at the stator pole ends.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
13 words
A motor according to claim 1, wherein the rotor is an internal rotor.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
EP0169569B1
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