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Granted Patent B2
US 10,432,049 · App. 15/303,324 · Granted Oct 1, 2019

Rotor for a rotary electric machine

Inventor: Jacques Saint-Michel (Angouleme, FR)
Assignee: MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
H02K1/2766H02K3/12
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Patent No.
US 10,432,049
App. No.
15/303,324
Granted
Oct 1, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rotor for a rotary electric machine includes a magnetic rotor body and at least two permanent magnets defining a pole of the rotor, the two permanent magnets being arranged on either side of a radial axis of the pole in a common recess which is provided in the magnetic rotor body and through which the radial axis of the pole passes.

Claims (18)

1. A rotor for a rotary electric machine, comprising:

a rotor magnetic mass;

a housing formed in the rotor magnetic mass; and

at least two permanent magnets defining a first pole of the rotor and a second pole of the rotor adjacent to the first pole, the at least two permanent magnets being disposed in the housing on either side of a radial axis, which passes through the housing, of one of the poles,

wherein among the at least two permanent magnets, permanent magnets inherent to the first pole contribute only to a polarity of the first pole and at least one shared permanent magnet contributes in part to the polarity of the first pole and in part to a polarity of the second pole.

2. The rotor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the housing is U-shaped or V-shaped.

3. The rotor as claimed in claim 1 , which comprises, for one and the same pole, at least two housings, one housing having lateral branches parallel to lateral branches of the other housing.

4. The rotor as claimed in claim 1 , which comprises at least one spacer disposed in the housing between the at least two permanent magnets.

5. The rotor as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the spacer is disposed on the radial axis of the pole.

6. The rotor as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the spacer comprises one or more longitudinal slots.

7. The rotor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rotor magnetic mass comprises at least one pole piece connected to the rest of the rotor magnetic mass by tangential bridges that are formed between two ends of the housing and an outer surface of the rotor.

8. The rotor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rotor magnetic mass comprises at least one pole piece that is independent of the rest of the rotor magnetic mass.

9. The rotor as claimed in claim 7 , which comprises at least one tie rod for holding the at least one pole piece.

10. The rotor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least two permanent magnets are disposed in concentric rows.

11. The rotor as claimed in claim 1 , which comprises a rotor mass holding the at least two permanent magnets and a non-magnetic shaft on which the rotor mass is disposed.

12. The rotor as claimed in claim 1 , which has a number of poles less than or equal to 8.

13. A rotary electric machine comprising a rotor as claimed in claim 1 and a stator.

14. The machine as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the stator comprises slots for receiving the windings, the slots being closed on an air gap side.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2016
From: SAINT-MICHEL, JACQUES
To: MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER
Reel/Frame 040424/0408 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 14 53218 · Apr 10, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170040854A1 · Feb 9, 2017
Cited By (1)
US 12,519,353