Electric motor with combined permanent and electromagnets

• US 5,345,131 A
• Filed: 06/28/1993
• Issued: 09/06/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/1990
• Status: Expired

• Current Assignee: Vilmos Torok
• Original Assignee: Vilmos Torok
• Inventors: Torok, Vilmos
• Primary Examiner(s): Peckman, Kristine L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HASZKO, DENNIS
• Application Number:
  US08/081,297
• Time in Patent Office: 435 Days
• Field of Search: 310/181, 310/269, 310/261, 310/254, 310/154, 310/168, 310/49 R
• US Class Current: 310/181
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 19/06 Motors having windings on the stator and a variable-reluctance soft-iron rotor without windings, e.g. inductor motors
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 2201/15 Sectional machines
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 29/03 with a magnetic circuit specially adapted for avoiding torque ripples or self-starting problems
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 41/03 Synchronous motors; Motors moving step by step; Reluctance motors H02K41/035 takes precedence

Abstract

A rotary electric motor has a stator core (1) with salient poles (4, 3), some of them ferromagnetic and some of them permanent-magnetic, which are spaced-apart and which are all simultaneously magnetizable by means of a magnetizing winding (5A, 5B). The rotor core has either reluctance poles (7) with intervening pole gaps and constant pole pitch, or permanent-magnetic poles (10) with constant pole pitch and without intervening pole gaps, alternating poles being of opposite polarities. Each reluctance pole (7) or permanent-magnetic pole (10) has a width which over a portion of the pole corresponds to respectively one-half of or the full pole pitch and is smaller over the remaining portion so that each pole (7 or 10) has a part (7B or 10A) which projects in a direction common to all poles. The ferromagnetic and permanent-magnetic poles (3, 4) of the stator (1) have a width corresponding to the width of the narrower portion of the poles (7 or 10) of the rotor (2). The number of permanent-magnetic poles (3) and, optionally, also the number of ferromagnetic poles (4) of the stator (1) is smaller than the number of reluctance poles (7) or permanent-magnetic poles (10) of the rotor (2), the positioning of the poles being such that when the motor is running, all ferromagnetic stator poles (4) will be simultaneously positioned opposite respective rotor poles (7 or 10) and all permanent-magnetic stator poles (30 likewise are simultaneously positioned opposite respective rotor poles (7 or 10).

Claims

1. An electric motor comprising a first motor part and a second motor part (1, 2) which are rotatable relative to one another and each of which has a ferromagnetic core and which are separated by an air gap (6) lying between the ferromagnetic cores, wherein the ferromagnetic core of said first motor part (1) has provided on the surface thereof which faces the air gap (6) a plurality of salient magnetic poles which are disposed sequentially and in spaced relationship in the direction of rotation, and of which some are ferromagnetic (4) and some are permanent-magnetic (3) and all of which are magnetically connected to a magnetizing winding (5A, 5B) for simultaneous magnetization of both the ferromagnetic (4) and the permanent-magnetic (3) poles, wherein the ferromagnetic core of the said other motor part (2) is provided on the surface thereof facing the air gap (6) and opposite the magnetic poles (3, 4) on the core of the first part (1) with a row of salient ferromagnetic reluctance poles (7) which extend in said direction of rotation and which have a constant pole pitch and are spaced-apart equidistantly, wherein each such reluctance pole (7) over a portion thereof has a width in the direction of rotation which corresponds essentially to half said pole pitch and over the remaining portion thereof is smaller such that each reluctance pole (7) has a part (7B) which projects in a predetermined direction common to all reluctance poles (7), wherein the ferromagnetic and permanent-magnetic poles (3, 4) on the core the first motor part (1) have a width in the direction of rotation which corresponds essentially to the width of the narrow part of the reluctance poles (7) and are so positioned that during relative rotation of the two motor parts (1, 2), all ferromagnetic poles (4) will be located simultaneously opposite their respective reluctance poles (7) on the second motor part (2) and, similarly, such that all permanent-magnetic poles (3) will be simultaneously located opposite their respective reluctance poles (7), wherein the number of permanent-magnetic poles (3) is smaller than the number of reluctance poles (7) on the core of the second motor part (2), such that no permanent-magnetic poles (3) are present in some of those positions which would be occupied by such permanent-magnetic poles if a number of permanent-magnetic poles (3) equal to the number of reluctance poles (7) of the core of the second motor part (2) were distributed uniformly.

2. A motor according to claim 1, wherein the number of ferromagnetic poles (4) on the core of the first motor part (1) is smaller than the number of reluctance poles (7) on the core of the second motor part (2), such that no ferromagnetic poles (4) are present on the core of the first motor part (1) at a number of those positions in which such ferromagnetic poles would be present with uniform distribution of a number of ferromagnetic poles (4) equal to the number of reluctance poles (7) present on the core of the second motor part (2).

3. A motor according to claim 1, wherein those spaces on the core of the first part (1) in which no permanent-magnetic and/or ferromagnetic poles (3, 4) are present are used to accommodate the magnetizing winding (5A,5B).

4. A motor according to claim 1 having a cylindrical air gap (6), wherein the first motor part (1) forms a stator which lies outside the air gap (6) and the second motor part forms a rotor (2) which lies inwardly of the air gap (6), wherein stator core (1) is provided with an even number of magnetic pole groups;

in that each such pole group includes at least two ferromagnetic poles (4) having a pole pitch which corresponds to the pole pitch of the reluctance poles (7) on the rotor core (2), at least two such pole groups additionally including at least one ferromagnetic pole (3) placed in the gap between two ferromagnetic poles (4) of the respective pole group; and

in that the two permanent-magnetic poles (3) have mutually opposed polarities relative to the air gap (6) and each pole group is so magnetically connected to the magnetizing windings (5A, 5B) that all of the poles (3,

     4) in the pole group are magnetized in mutually the same direction but in opposite directions relative to adjacent pole groups.

5. A motor according to claim 4, wherein the stator core (1) has a generally rectangular cross-section and carries on each of two opposing sides a pole group which includes at least two ferromagnetic poles (4) and at least one permanent-magnetic pole (3) placed in the gap therebetween.

6. A motor according to claim 5, wherein the magnetizing winding is comprised of coil windings arranged around both other sides of the stator core (1).

7. A motor according to claim 4, wherein the stator core (1) has a generally C-shaped cross-section and carries on each of its two opposing legs a pole group which includes at least two ferromagnetic poles (4) and at least one permanent-magnetic pole (3) placed in the gap therebetween;

and in that the magnetizing winding is comprised of a coil winding arranged around the centre part of the stator core connecting the two legs of the stator core (1).

8. A motor according to claim 2 having a cylindrically curved air gap, wherein the first motor part forms a stator which lies outside the air gap and the second motor part forms a rotor which lies inwardly of the air gap, wherein the stator core (9) extends along only a limited part of the length of the air gap as seen in the direction of relative rotation and is provided with at least two groups of magnetic poles each including two ferromagnetic poles (4) and a permanent-magnetic pole (3) placed in the gap therebetween;

in that the permanent-magnets (3) in the two pole groups have mutually opposite polarities in relation to the air gap; and

that the magnetizing winding (5) is comprised of a coil winding arranged around that part of the stator core (9) which magnetically connects the two pole groups.

9. A motor according to claim 8, wherein the motor includes a plurality of stator cores (9) of the aforesaid construction arranged in different positions along the rotor core (2).

10. A motor according to claim 1, wherein the ferromagnetic cores of the two motor parts are separated by two cylindrical, coaxial and axially spaced air gaps;

in that the cores of the two motor parts are provided with ferromagnetic and permanent-magnetic poles and reluctance poles respectively in the aforesaid manner at at least one air gap; and

in that the magnetizing winding is comprised of a coil winding arranged, when seen axially, between said two air gaps.

11. A motor according to claim 1, wherein the cores of the two motor parts are also provided with ferromagnetic and permanent-magnetic poles and reluctance poles respectively in the aforesaid manner at the second air gap;

and in that the permanent-magnetic poles have oppositely directed polarities at the two air gaps.

12. A motor according to claim 11, wherein the cores of the two motor parts have smooth surfaces on which no poles are present at the second air gap.

13. A motor according to claim 1, wherein the reluctance poles on the core of the second motor part (2) are replaced with permanent-magnetic poles (10) in a manner such that instead of each reluctance pole, there are two permanent-magnetic poles (10) which are located adjacent one another in the direction of a rotation and which have mutually opposite polarities;

in that each such permanent-magnetic pole (10) has a width in the direction of rotation which over a portion of the pole is equal to half the pole pitch and over the remainder of the pole is narrower so that each permanent-magnetic pole (10) has a part (10A) which projects in a direction common to all poles; and

in that the permanent-magnetic poles (3) on the core of the first motor part (1) are intended to be magnetized by the magnetizing winding (5A, 5B) in a direction which coincides with its permanent-magnetic polarity.

14. A motor according to claim 2, wherein those spaces on the core of the first part (1) in which no permanent-magnetic and/or ferromagnetic poles (3, 4) are present are used to accommodate the magnetizing winding (5A,5B).

15. A motor according to claim 14 having a cylindrical air gap (6), wherein the first motor part (1) forms a stator which lies outside the air gap (6) and the second motor part forms a rotor (2) which lies inwardly of the air gap (6), wherein the stator core (1) is provided with an even number of magnetic pole groups;

in that each such pole group includes at least two ferromagnetic poles (4) having a pole pitch which corresponds to the pole pitch of the reluctance poles (7) on the rotor core (2), at least two such pole groups additionally including at least one ferromagnetic pole (3) placed in the gap between two ferromagnetic poles (4) of the respective pole group; and

in that the two permanent-magnetic poles (3) have mutually opposed polarities relative to the air gap (6) and each pole group is so magnetically connected to the magnetizing windings (5A, 5B) that all of the poles (3,

     4) in the pole group are magnetized in mutually the same direction but in opposite directions relative to adjacent pole groups.

16. A motor according to claim 15, wherein the stator core (1) has a generally rectangular cross-section and carries on each of two opposing sides a pole group which includes at least two ferromagnetic poles (4) and at least one permanent-magnetic pole (3) placed in the gap there between.

17. A motor according to claim 16, wherein the magnetizing winding is comprised of coil windings arranged around both other sides of the stator core (1).

18. A motor according to claim 2, wherein the ferromagnetic cores of the two motor parts are separated by two cylindrical, coaxial and axially spaced air gaps;

in that the cores of the two motor parts are provided with ferromagnetic and permanent-magnetic poles and reluctance poles respectively in the aforesaid manner at at least one air gap; and

in that the magnetizing winding is comprised of a coil winding arranged, when seen axially, between said two air gaps.

19. A motor according to claim 18, wherein the reluctance poles on the core of the second motor part (2) are replaced with permanent-magnetic poles (10) in a manner such that instead of each reluctance pole, there are two permanent-magnetic poles (10) which are located adjacent one another in the direction of a rotation and which have mutually opposite polarities;

in that each such permanent-magnetic pole (10) has a width in the direction of rotation which over a portion of the pole is equal to half the pole pitch and over the remainder of the pole narrower so that each permanent-magnetic pole (10) has a part (10A) which projects in a direction common to all poles; and

in that the permanent-magnetic poles (3) on the core of the first motor part (1) are intended to be magnetized by the magnetizing winding (5A, 5B) in a direction which coincides with its permanent-magnetic polarity.

20. A motor according to claim 16, wherein the reluctance poles on the core of the second motor part (2) are replaced with permanent-magnetic poles (10) in a manner such that instead of each reluctance pole, there are two permanent-magnetic poles (10) which are located adjacent one another in the direction of a rotation and which have mutually opposite polarities;

in that each such permanent-magnetic pole (10) has a width in the direction of rotation which over a portion of the pole is equal to half the pole pitch and over the remainder of the pole is narrower so that each permanent-magnetic pole (10) has a part (10A) which projects in a direction common to all poles; and

in that the permanent-magnetic poles (3) on the core of the first motor part (1) are intended to be magnetized by the magnetizing winding (5A, 5B) in a direction which coincides with its permanent-magnetic polarity.