Brushless generator with magnet and claw-tooth dual rotor

• US 5,144,178 A
• Filed: 04/04/1991
• Issued: 09/01/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Tamagawa Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Tamagawa Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Sugiura, Tsuneo
• Primary Examiner(s): Stephan, Steven L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): REBSCH, DONALD
• Application Number:
  US07/680,339
• Time in Patent Office: 516 Days
• Field of Search: 310/90, 310/112, 310/114, 310/156, 310/68 D, 310/263, 310/266, 322/46
• US Class Current: 310/114
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 16/02 Machines with one stator and two or more rotors
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 19/30 for compounding
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 21/044 Rotor of the claw pole type
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 9/302 Brushless excitation

Abstract

A generator includes a permanent magnet rotor formed in a hollow rotating member rotatably mounted in a casing. A Randell rotor mounted adjacent to the permanent magnet rotor is rotated with the permanent magnet rotor. An armature coil is mounted in association with the permanent magnet rotor and the Randell (claw-tooth) rotor. A first bearing at one end of the casing supports one end of the hollow rotating member. A protruding retainer mounted on the other end of the casing carries a Randell field coil, and a second bearing is mounted on the retainer for supporting a hollow section of the hollow rotating member. The hollow rotating member is supported by the first bearing and a second bearing provided in the hollow section. The generator may be suitably applied to aerospace equipment, unmanned flying objects or to unmanned marine cruising objects.

Claims

1. A generator comprising a permanent magnet rotor formed on a hollow rotating member rotatably mounted in a casing, a Randell rotor mounted adjacent to said permanent magnet rotor and adapted for being rotated with said permanent magnet rotor, an armature coil mounted in association with said permanent magnet rotor and said Randell rotor, a first bearing provided at one end of said casing and adapted for rotatably supporting one end of said hollow rotating member, a retainer protrudingly mounted on the other end of said casing, a Randell field coil mounted on said retainer, and a second bearing mounted on said retainer and adapted for supporting a hollow section of said hollow rotating member, said hollow rotating member being rotatably supported by said first bearing and said second bearing provided in said hollow section.

2. The generator according to claim 1 wherein said armature coil is common to both said permanent magnet rotor 1A and said Randell rotor 1A.

3. The generator according to claim 1, wherein said Randell field coil is constituted by a control field coil and a series field coil.

4. The generator according to claim 1, wherein a stator core of said armature coil is divided by a non-magnetic material into a stator for said permanent magnet rotor and a stator for said Randell rotor.

5. The generator according to claim 2 wherein said Randell field coil is constituted by a control field coil and a series field coil.

6. The generator according to claim 2, wherein a stator core of said armature coil is divided by a non-magnetic material into a stator for said permanent magnet rotor and a stator for said Randell rotor.

7. The generator according to claim 3, wherein a stator core of said armature coil is divided by a non-magnetic material into a stator for said permanent magnet rotor and a stator for said Randell rotor.

8. The generator according to claim 5, wherein a stator core of said armature coil is divided by a non-magnetic material into a stator for said permanent magnet rotor and a stator for said Randell rotor.