Asymmetric field electromagnetic motor
First Claim
1. A motor, comprising:
- a stator assembly, including;
a first segment having permanent magnets;
a second segment being a coil segment and including an electromagnet adjacent and abutting said first segment; and
a third segment having permanent magnets adjacent and abutting said second segment, and said first through third segments occupying less than the entire circumference of said stator assembly; and
a rotor assembly rotating in said stator assembly and including a single rotor segment having permanent magnets occupying less than one-half of the circumference of the rotor assembly.
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Abstract
The present invention includes an electromagnetic motor having an asymmetric field stator. An aluminum rotor 6 includes a gorup 26 of permanent magnets that occupy a 153° segment of the rotor 6 and are counterbalanced mechanically by brass counterweights 28 on the other side of the rotor 6. An aluminum stator housing 42 includes a large segment 48 of permanent magnets 54 separated by an electromagnet segment 50 from a small segment 52 of permanent magnets 54. The large segment 48 subtends an angle of 122°, the small segment 52 an angle of 22°50'"'"' and the electromagnets 43°. The permanent magnets 54 and electromagnets 56 and 58 of the staotr 42 produce a magnetic field that can have its center shifted from a first position or equator C by 32°25'"'"' to a second position or second equator C'"'"'. As the rotor 6 spins the shifting of the center of the magnet field created by the stator 42 imparts momentum to the rotor 6 as it tries to align with the stator magnetic field. The momentum carries the rotor 6 around until the field can be shifted back to its original position C. A magnetic switch 66 controls the timing of the change in the current direction in the electromagnets 56 and 58 to shift the magnetic field at angles of 87°15'"'"' and 119°40'"'"' from the nearest in segment 48.
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8 Claims
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1. A motor, comprising:
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a stator assembly, including; a first segment having permanent magnets; a second segment being a coil segment and including an electromagnet adjacent and abutting said first segment; and a third segment having permanent magnets adjacent and abutting said second segment, and said first through third segments occupying less than the entire circumference of said stator assembly; and a rotor assembly rotating in said stator assembly and including a single rotor segment having permanent magnets occupying less than one-half of the circumference of the rotor assembly. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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2. A motor comprising:
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a stator assembly, including; a first segment having permanent magnets; a second segment being a coil segment and including an electromagnet adjacent said first segment; and a third segment having permanent magnets adjacent said second segment, and said first through third segments occupying less than the entire circumference of said stator assembly; and a rotor assembly rotating in said stator assembly and including a rotor segment having permanent magnets occupying less than one-half the circumference of the rotor assembly, and said first segment subtending an angle of 122°
, said second segment an angle of 43°
, said third segment an angle of 22°
50'"'"' and said rotor segment an angle of 153°
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8. A motor, comprising:
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first through third abutting stator assemblies offset by 120°
from each other in a direction of motor rotation, each stator assembly including;a first segment having permanent magnets; a second segment being a coil segment and including an electromagnet adjacent and abutting said first segment; and a third segment of permanent magnets adjacent and abutting said second segment, and said first through third segments occupying less than the entire circumference of said stator assembly; and first through third connector rotor assemblies, each rotor assembly including; a rotor rotating in a respective stator assembly and including a single rotor segment having permanent magnets occupying less than one-half the circumference of the rotor assembly, thereby providing torque during a full motor rotation.
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