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ROTOR FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE

  • US 20100019598A1
  • Filed: 07/01/2009
  • Published: 01/28/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A multi-pole rotor for an electric machine comprising:

  • a rotor hub;

    a plurality of primary permanent magnet segments around a perimeter of the rotor hub, an outer face of each primary magnet segment is substantially arcuate and defining a section of a substantially cylindrical surface of the rotor when mounted to the rotor hub, each primary permanent magnet segment is radially-magnetized to have a magnetic field with a magnetic direction vector normal to its outer face; and

    a plurality of interpole permanent magnet segments around a perimeter of the rotor hub, an outer face of each interpole magnet segment is substantially arcuate and defining a section of a substantially cylindrical surface of the rotor when mounted to the rotor hub, each interpole permanent magnet segment having a magnetic field with a magnetic direction vector that is not normal to its outer face.

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