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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8063598 | Synchronous motor, encoderless motor system and a method for operating an encoderless motor system with a synchronous motor The invention relates to a synchronous motor (12) with a number of stator coils (15), with a rotor (16) with at least one permanent magnet (17), which induces a rotor magnetic field in a useful flux direction and with at least one coil wi... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7355309 | Permanent magnet rotor for a direct drive generator or a low speed motor In order to provide a less expensive generator, a rotor using nonmagnetic beams is disclosed. The rotor includes a magnetic steel rim connected to a main generator shaft by a hub. The magnetic rim supports the components of the rotor, which includes a plurality of m... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7064465 | Motor Motors for fans are provided. The motor includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a plurality of magnetic poles. The rotor is coupled to the stator and includes a magnetic structure with a plurality of magnetic poles. Each magnetic pole has an interpolar po... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6982505 | Prestressing structure for rotationally balancing a motor A prestressing structure for rotationally balancing a motor includes a motor stator, a motor rotor, a magnetically conductive member and a balancing magnet. The motor stator has an axial hole and an axial tube extending therethrough. An end of the axial tube provide... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6891295 | Flywheel magneto generator A flywheel magneto generator which comprises a rotor having a magnet attached to an outer circumferential side of a flywheel and a stator constructed by winding a generating coil around a core having a magnetic pole portion opposed to a magnetic pole of the rotor, w... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6799362 | Motor and method for manufacturing the same A motor and a method for manufacturing thereof use a rotor having permanent magnets and stators. The highest revolving speed of a motor is adjusted by using end plates of different thickness. The end plates are made of a magnetic material and disposed at the end fac... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6788013 | Permanent magnet electric motor and method of making same A motor for reducing torque ripple includes a shaft having a shaft axis, a rotor positioned about the shaft, a first magnet ring positioned on the rotor, the first magnet ring having magnets each occupying a magnet angle δ on the rotor, and a second magnet ring pos... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6657348 | Rotor shield for magnetic rotary machine A magnet machine includes a magnet rotor. The rotor includes a sleeve and a magnet. The magnet is positioned within the sleeve. A highly electrically conductive, nonmagnetic shield surrounds the magnet. The shield reduces rotor eddy current losses and low... | 12/02/2003 |
| 5081882 | Damper device for a motor A damper device for a motor having a boss section attached to a rotary shaft of the motor, a mass inertia section rotatably supported by the boss section such that it surrounds the outer periphery of the boss section with a gap left therebetween, a magnet... | 01/21/1992 |
| 4584495 | Performance step motor The invention is an improved performance step motor (10) including a shorted turn mechanism in the nature of a conducting ring (32) or one or more closed loop conductive strands (50) circumferentially disposed about a ring-shaped exposed magnet zone (48) ... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4332079 | Method of making rotor rectangularly shaped tongues A rotor assembly having a hub with rectangularly-shaped tongues and wedge-shaped permanent magnets.... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4117360 | Self-supporting amortisseur cage for high-speed synchronous machine solid rotor A self-supporting amortisseur winding in the form of a thin copper cage is situated about the solid rotor of a high-speed, permanent magnet synchronous machine in order to keep commutating reactance low. A high-strength wire is wound, with high tension, c... | 09/26/1978 |