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Quasi square-wave back-EMF permanent magnet AC machines with five or more phases
Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute
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Filing: 1994-07-27
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Granted: 1997-06-24
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Expires: 2014-07-27
Abstract
Abstract A new class of higher phase-order (five or more) quasi square-wave back emf permanent magnet machines including radial, axial and linear embodiments which employ a greater number of active phase windings during continuous operation, thereby utilizing more of the machine copper and magnet material.
Inventors
- 👤 Patrick J. McCleer
- 👤 J. Milton Bailey
- 👤 Jack S. Lawler
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 20:52
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02K; H02K29/00; H02K29/06; H02K29/12; H02K21/00; H02K21/12; H02K21/24; H02K29/03; H02K41/00; H02K41/02; H02K41/03; H02P; H02P6/00; H02P6/08; H02P6/085; H02P6/10; H02K3/00; H02K3/04; H02K3/28; H02P2209/00; H02P2209/07
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
152 words
A permanent magnet axial air gap synchronous machine comprising: a rotor, said rotor further comprising, a rotor core including a plurality of pie-shaped solid permanent magnet wedges arranged at equal angular intervals around a central axis to define a disk, each two adjacent of said permanent magnets being of opposite polarity, and a pitch of each of said permanent magnets defining one rotor pole; and a stator for exciting said rotor to move, said stator further comprising, a pair of stator disks, each concentrically facing a respective one of two opposite sides of said rotor disk, each stator disk being a solid disk, and a plurality of stator windings wound around each stator disk to form N stator phases, N being an odd number ≧5, and said stator windings being wound around each stator disk to define stator poles having a pitch substantially equal to a pitch of said rotor permanent magnets.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
152 words
A permanent magnet axial air gap synchronous machine comprising: a rotor, said rotor further comprising, a rotor core including a plurality of pie-shaped solid permanent magnet wedges arranged at equal angular intervals around a central axis to define a disk, each two adjacent of said permanent magnets being of opposite polarity, and a pitch of each of said permanent magnets defining one rotor pole; and a stator for exciting said rotor to move, said stator further comprising, a pair of stator disks, each concentrically facing a respective one of two opposite sides of said rotor disk, each stator disk being a solid disk, and a plurality of stator windings wound around each stator disk to form N stator phases, N being an odd number ≧5, and said stator windings being wound around each stator disk to define stator poles having a pitch substantially equal to a pitch of said rotor permanent magnets.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The permanent magnet synchronous machine according to claim 1, wherein said number N equals 5.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The permanent magnet synchronous machine according to claim 1, wherein said number N equals 7.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The permanent magnet synchronous machine according to claim 1, wherein said number N equals 9.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
63 words
The permanent magnet synchronous machine according to claim 1, wherein each stator disk further comprises a plurality of salient teeth extending radially along said stator disk and projecting inwardly toward said rotor, said stator windings each being wound around a group of said stator teeth to define a stator pole having a pitch substantially equal to a pitch of said rotor permanent magnets.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
The permanent magnet synchronous machine according to claim 1, wherein said stator windings are wound around each of said stator disks within an air gap formed between each of said stator disks and said rotor disk.
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