IP Library Granted Patent US 12700787
Granted Patent B2
US 12700787 · App. 18/684,762 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Rotor and magnetic wave gear device

Inventors: Ryosuke Kawashima (Tokyo, JP); Ryoji Miyatake (Tokyo, JP); Atsushi Yamamoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
H02K49/102
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Patent No.
US 12700787
App. No.
18/684,762
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a rotor in which the magnetic resistance between magnetic poles is low. The rotor includes magnet modules arranged in an annular shape with a rotary shaft as a center. Each magnet module includes a base formed of a magnetic material, and two rotor magnets having poles different from each other and provided with a gap therebetween in the rotation direction of the rotary shaft on an outer circumferential surface of the base. The abutting rotor magnets of two magnet modules adjacent in the rotation direction have the same pole and are in close contact with each other.

Claims (21)

1 . A rotor comprising magnet modules arranged in an annular shape with a rotary shaft as a center, wherein

each magnet module includes a base formed of a magnetic material, and two rotor magnets having poles different from each other and provided with a gap therebetween in the rotation direction of the rotary shaft on an outer circumferential surface of the base, and

the rotor magnets abutting each other of two said magnet modules adjacent in the rotation direction have the same pole and are in close contact with each other.

2 . The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the base is formed of electromagnetic steel sheets stacked in the axial direction of the rotary shaft.

3 . The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein the base is formed of a powdered magnetic material.

4 . A magnetic wave gear device comprising:

a stator which includes a stator core having a plurality of slots disposed in the circumferential direction, stator windings provided in the slots, and stator magnets;

a first rotor provided with a gap on an inner circumferential side of the stator; and

a second rotor which is concentric with a rotary shaft of the first rotor and is provided with a gap on an inner circumferential side of the first rotor, wherein

the second rotor is formed of the rotor according to claim 1 .

5 . A magnetic wave gear device comprising:

a stator which includes a stator core having a plurality of slots disposed in the circumferential direction, stator windings provided in the slots, and stator magnets;

a first rotor provided with a gap on an inner circumferential side of the stator; and

a second rotor which is concentric with a rotary shaft of the first rotor and is provided with a gap on an inner circumferential side of the first rotor, wherein

the second rotor is formed of the rotor according to claim 2 .

6 . A magnetic wave gear device comprising:

a stator which includes a stator core having a plurality of slots disposed in the circumferential direction, stator windings provided in the slots, and stator magnets;

a first rotor provided with a gap on an inner circumferential side of the stator; and

a second rotor which is concentric with a rotary shaft of the first rotor and is provided with a gap on an inner circumferential side of the first rotor, wherein

the second rotor is formed of the rotor according to claim 3 .

7 . The rotor according to claim 1 , wherein each magnet module is arranged such that its rotor magnets are, in a radial direction of the rotor shaft, radially outward of its base.