Rotating electric machine

1. A rotating electric machine comprising:

a stator having a stator core and a stator coil wound around the stator core, the stator core having at least two tip portions; and

a rotor having a rotor core and a plurality of permanent magnets provided in the rotor core, the rotor being rotatable relative to the stator;

wherein at least two surfaces of each permanent magnet which correspond to both Doles of each permanent magnet face the stator through an air gap, and the at least two tip portions of the stator core sandwich the rotor and are connected integrally with each other on a side of the stator that corresponds to a side at which the at least two tip portions are positioned as distinguished from another side at which the stator coil is positioned.

2. The rotating electric machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least two stator core tip portions are arranged such that an outer one of the at least two tip portions is shifted from an inner one of the at least two tip portions by an angle corresponding to one pole of the rotor.

3. The rotating electric machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each pole of the rotor is constructed by the plurality of permanent magnets.

4. The rotating electric machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rotor includes a disc-shaped member and a cylindrical member having one end connected to an outer periphery of the disc-shaped member.

5. The rotating electric machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rotor includes a disc-shaped member and a cylindrical member having a center portion connected to an outer periphery of the disc-shaped member.

6. The rotating electric machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rotor includes a disc-shaped member and a cylindrical member having a center portion connected to a diametrically intermediate portion of the disc-shaped member.

7. The rotating electric machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rotor includes a disc-shaped member and inner and outer cylindrical members having center portions connected to a diametrically intermediate portion and an outer peripheral portion of the disc-shaped member, respectively.

8. The rotating electric machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stator includes a plurality of stators for the rotor.

9. The rotating electric machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stator comprises a plurality of stator cores and a plurality of stator coils, the plurality of stator cores being constructed by two first stator core tip portions, a first stator core connecting portion, a first stator coil core and a first stator back core, the two first stator core tip portions being provided in parallel with a predetermined space therebetween, and one end of each of the first stator core tip portions being connected through the first stator core connecting portion to the first stator coil core around which the stator coil is wound.

10. A rotating electric machine comprising:

a stator having a stator core and a stator coil wound around the stator core, the stator core having at least two tip portions; and

a rotor having a rotor core and a plurality of permanent magnets provided in the rotor core, the rotor being rotatable relative to the stator;

wherein a direction of flux of the permanent magnets is perpendicular to a direction of an array of the stator, and the at least two tip portions of the stator core sandwich the rotor and are disposed to be nearer to the rotor than the stator coil, and wherein the rotor includes a disc-shaped member and inner and outer cylindrical members having center portions connected to a diametrically intermediate portion and an outer peripheral portion of the disc-shaped member, respectively.

11. The rotating electric machine as claimed in claim 10 , wherein at least two surfaces of each permanent magnet which correspond to both poles of each permanent magnet face the stator through an air gap.

12. The rotating electric machine as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the at least two tip portions of the stator core are connected integrally with each other on a side of the stator that corresponds to a side at which the at least two tip portions are positioned as distinguished from a side at which the stator coil is positioned.

13. A rotating electric machine comprising:

a stator having a stator core and a stator coil wound around the stator core, the stator core having at least two tip portions; and

a rotor having a rotor core and a plurality of permanent magnets provided in the rotor core, the rotor being rotatable relative to the stator;

wherein a direction of flux of the permanent magnets is perpendicular to a direction of an array of the stator, and the at least two tip portions of the stator core sandwich the rotor and are disposed to be nearer to the rotor than the stator coil, and wherein the stator comprises a plurality of stator cores and a plurality of stator coils, the plurality of stator cores being constructed by two first stator core tip portions, a first stator core connecting portion, a first stator coil core and a first stator back core, the two first stator core tip portions being provided in parallel with a predetermined space therebetween, and one end of each of the first stator core tip portions being connected through the first stator core connecting portion to the first stator coil core around which the stator coil is wound.

14. The rotating electric machine as claimed in claim 13 , wherein at least two surfaces of each permanent magnet which correspond to both poles of each permanent magnet face the stator through an air gap.

15. The rotating electric machine as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the at least two tip portions of the stator core are connected integrally with each other on a side of the stator that corresponds to a side at which the at least two tip portions are positioned as distinguished from a side at which the stator coil is positioned.