US5424595A
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Integrated magnetic bearing/switched reluctance machine
Assignee: General Electric Co
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Filing: 1994-12-22
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Granted: 1995-06-13
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Expires: 2014-12-22
Abstract
Abstract The invention comprises a switched reluctance machine including a stator and a rotor wherein the stator includes stator teeth wound with separately excitable phase windings. The separately excitable phase windings receiving a combination of signals wherein the first of those signals is a phase winding signal and the second of those signals is a magnetic bearing signal. A method of controlling a switched reluctance machine wherein the switched reluctance machine includes separately excitable stator windings. The method comprising the steps of exciting each stator winding with a signal representative of the phase excitation for that winding and superimposing on each of said windings a signal capable of producing the magnetic force necessary to support the rotor in the absence of a mechanical bearing.
Inventors
- 👤 Mark A. Preston
- 👤 James P. F. Lyons
- 👤 Eike Richter
- 👤 Kiyoung Chung
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 14:07
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02K; H02K19/00; H02K19/02; H02K19/10; H02K19/103; F; F16; F16C; F16C32/00; F16C32/04; F16C32/0406; F16C32/044; F16C32/0474; F16C32/0493; F16C32/0497; H02K7/00; H02K7/08; H02K7/09; F16C2380/00; F16C2380/26
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
85 words
A switched reluctance machine comprising: a rotor including rotor teeth; a stator including stator teeth each wound with an individual phase subwinding; and said subwindings being arranged in a common phase winding group, and being separately and simultaneously excitable by respective phase currents collectively comprising a total phase current for effecting a total tangential force to magnetically spin said rotor, with said total phase current being distributable among said subwindings in inverse proportions to correspondingly effect a net radial force to magnetically support said rotor.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
85 words
A switched reluctance machine comprising: a rotor including rotor teeth; a stator including stator teeth each wound with an individual phase subwinding; and said subwindings being arranged in a common phase winding group, and being separately and simultaneously excitable by respective phase currents collectively comprising a total phase current for effecting a total tangential force to magnetically spin said rotor, with said total phase current being distributable among said subwindings in inverse proportions to correspondingly effect a net radial force to magnetically support said rotor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
116 words
A switched reluctance machine comprising: a rotor including a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart rotor teeth; a stator including a plurality of stator teeth disposed in opposite pairs around said rotor; a plurality of individual stator subwindings arranged in a common phase winding group, each of said subwindings being disposed on a respective one of said stator teeth; and said individual subwindings in said group being separately and simultaneously excitable by respective phase currents collectively comprising a total phase current for effecting a total tangential force to magnetically spin said rotor, with said total phase current being distributable among said subwindings in inverse proportions to correspondingly effect a net radial force to magnetically support said rotor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
116 words
A switched reluctance machine comprising: a rotor including a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart rotor teeth; a stator including a plurality of stator teeth disposed in opposite pairs around said rotor; a plurality of individual stator subwindings arranged in a common phase winding group, each of said subwindings being disposed on a respective one of said stator teeth; and said individual subwindings in said group being separately and simultaneously excitable by respective phase currents collectively comprising a total phase current for effecting a total tangential force to magnetically spin said rotor, with said total phase current being distributable among said subwindings in inverse proportions to correspondingly effect a net radial force to magnetically support said rotor.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
55 words
A machine according to claim 2 wherein said stator teeth are disposed in diametrically opposite pairs, and said subwindings thereon are separately and simultaneously excitable for increasing said phase current in one of said subwindings while decreasing said phase current in said subwinding on a diametrically opposite stator tooth for effecting said net radial force.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
A machine according to claim 3 wherein said phase winding group includes four of said subwindings arranged on two diametrically opposite stator teeth pairs.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
62 words
A machine according to claim 3 wherein said subwindings are arranged in a plurality of said phase winding groups, with a first one of said groups having said subwindings thereof being separately and simultaneously excitable to effect said total tangential force and net radial force on said rotor, and a second one of said groups having said subwindings thereof connected in series.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
A machine according to claim 5 further including a third one of said phase winding groups including said subwindings thereof connected in series.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
93 words
A machine according to claim 3 wherein said subwindings are arranged in a plurality of said phase winding groups, with a first one of said groups having said subwindings thereof being separately and simultaneously excitable to effect said total tangential force and net radial force on said rotor, and a second one of said groups also having said subwindings thereof being separately and simultaneously excitable to effect said total tangential force and net radial force on said rotor, with said phase currents being commutated to said first and second groups in different phases.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
55 words
A machine according to claim 7 further including a third one of said phase winding groups also having said subwindings thereof being separately and simultaneously excitable to effect said total tangential force and net radial force on said rotor, with said phase currents being commutated to said first, second, and third groups in different phases.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
A machine according to claim 8 wherein each of said three phase winding groups includes four of said subwindings arranged on two diametrically opposite stator teeth pairs.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
65 words
A machine according to claim 3 characterized by the absence of a mechanical bearing providing radial constraint of said rotor inside said stator, and wherein radial constraint of said rotor inside said stator is instead provided by a magnetic bearing defined by said subwindings being separately and simultaneously excitable to effect said net radial force on said rotor for centering said rotor in said stator.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
93 words
A method of controlling a switched reluctance machine having a rotor with rotor teeth, a stator with stator teeth, and individual subwindings wound on respective ones of said stator teeth, said method comprising: separately and simultaneously exciting a plurality of said subwindings in a common phase winding group with respective phase currents collectively comprising a total phase current for effecting a total tangential force to magnetically spin said rotor; and distributing said total phase current among said subwindings in inverse proportions to correspondingly effect a net radial force to magnetically support said rotor.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
93 words
A method of controlling a switched reluctance machine having a rotor with rotor teeth, a stator with stator teeth, and individual subwindings wound on respective ones of said stator teeth, said method comprising: separately and simultaneously exciting a plurality of said subwindings in a common phase winding group with respective phase currents collectively comprising a total phase current for effecting a total tangential force to magnetically spin said rotor; and distributing said total phase current among said subwindings in inverse proportions to correspondingly effect a net radial force to magnetically support said rotor.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
55 words
A method according to claim 11 wherein said stator teeth are disposed in diametrically opposite pairs, and said subwindings thereon are separately and simultaneously excitable for increasing said phase current in one of said subwindings while decreasing said phase current in said subwinding on a diametrically opposite stator tooth for effecting said net radial force.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 12 wherein said phase winding group includes four of said subwindings arranged on two diametrically opposite stator teeth pairs.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
62 words
A method according to claim 12 wherein said subwindings are arranged in a plurality of said phase winding groups, with a first one of said groups having said subwindings thereof being separately and simultaneously excitable to effect said total tangential force and net radial force on said rotor, and a second one of said groups having said subwindings thereof connected in series.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method according to claim 14 further including a third one of said phase winding groups including said subwindings thereof connected in series.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
96 words
A method according to claim 12 wherein said subwindings are arranged in a plurality of said phase winding groups, with a first one of said groups having said subwindings thereof being separately and simultaneously excitable to effect said total tangential force and net radial force on said rotor, and a second one of said groups also having said subwindings thereof being separately and simultaneously excitable to effect said total tangential force and net radial force on said rotor; and said method further comprises: commutating said phase currents between said first and second groups in different phases.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
58 words
A method according to claim 16 further including a third one of said phase winding groups also having said subwindings thereof being separately and simultaneously excitable to effect said total tangential force and net radial force on said rotor; and said method further comprises: commutating said phase currents between said first, second, and third groups in different phases.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method according to claim 17 wherein each of said three phase winding groups includes four of said subwindings arranged on two diametrically opposite stator teeth pairs.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
65 words
A method according to claim 12 characterized by the absence of a mechanical bearing providing radial constraint of said rotor inside said stator, and wherein radial constraint of said rotor inside said stator is instead provided by a magnetic bearing defined by said subwindings being separately and simultaneously excited to effect said net radial force on said rotor for centering said rotor in said stator.
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