Granted Patent B2

US 12,651,951 · App. 18/562,541 · Granted Jun 9, 2026

Inventors: Takeshi Ikemi (Tokyo, JP); Ryoji Okabe (Tokyo, JP); Takatoshi Matsushita (Tokyo, JP); Mikito Sasaki (Tokyo, JP); Stuart Calverley (Sheffield, GB); David Powell (Sheffield, GB); Glynn Cooke (Sheffield, GB); Radu-Stefan Dragan (Sheffield, GB)

Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.; MAGNOMATICS LIMITED

H02K49/102

Abstract

Claims (52)

1 . A magnetic geared rotating machine, comprising:

a stator;

a rotor including a plurality of rotor magnets; and

a magnetic pole piece rotor including a plurality of magnetic pole pieces each disposed at a radial position between the stator and the rotor,

wherein each of the magnetic pole pieces has a magnetic pole piece end face facing one side in an axial direction,

wherein each of the rotor magnets has a rotor magnet end face facing the one side,

wherein at least either of two relationships is established, one relationship being a relationship where at least part of the magnetic pole piece end face is disposed at an axial position between the rotor magnet end face and an axial center of the magnetic geared rotating machine, the other relationship being a relationship where a finger end face, of each of a plurality of fingers, facing the one side is disposed at an axial position between a tooth end face, of a tooth of the stator, facing the one side and the axial center of the magnetic geared rotating machine, the plurality of fingers being configured to hold therebetween a stator magnet disposed on the tooth from both sides in a circumferential direction,

wherein the stator includes a plurality of the stator magnets,

wherein each of the stator magnets has a stator magnet end face facing the one side,

wherein the stator magnet end face is disposed at an axial position between the rotor magnet end face and the axial center of the magnetic geared rotating machine, and

wherein the stator magnet end face is disposed at the same axial position as the magnetic pole piece end face or at an axial position between the magnetic pole piece end face and the rotor magnetic end face.

2 . The magnetic geared rotating machine according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least the part of the magnetic pole piece end face is disposed at an axial position between the rotor magnet end face and the axial center of the magnetic geared rotating machine, and

wherein an axial distance from the magnetic pole piece end face to the rotor magnet end face is at least 0.5% of an axial length of the rotor magnet and at most 10% of the axial length of the rotor magnet.

3 . The magnetic geared rotating machine according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least the part of the magnetic pole piece end face is disposed at an axial position between the rotor magnet end face and the axial center of the magnetic geared rotating machine,

wherein each of the magnetic pole pieces opposes the rotor with an air gap therebetween, and

wherein an axial distance from the magnetic pole piece end face to the rotor magnet end face is at least 50% of an opposing distance between the magnetic pole piece and the rotor and at most 1200% of the opposing distance.

4 . The magnetic geared rotating machine, according to claim 1 ,

wherein the finger end face is disposed at an axial position between the tooth end face and the axial center of the magnetic geared rotating machine, and

wherein an axial distance from the finger end face to the tooth end face is at least 0.5% of an axial length of the tooth and at most 4% of the axial length of the tooth.

5 . The magnetic geared rotating machine, according to claim 1 ,

wherein the finger end face is disposed at an axial position between the tooth end face and the axial center of the magnetic geared rotating machine, and

wherein an axial distance from the finger end face to the tooth end face is at least 3% of a circumferential length at a tip of the tooth and at most 25% of the circumferential length.

6 . A power generation system, comprising:

a prime mover; and

the magnetic geared rotating machine according to claim 1 , which serves as a magnetic geared generator configured to be driven by an input from the prime mover to generate electric power.

7 . A drive system, comprising:

the magnetic geared rotating machine according to claim 1 , which serves as a magnetic geared motor configured to output rotational power; and

a drive part configured to be driven by the rotational power output from the magnetic geared rotating machine.

8 . A magnetic geared rotating machine, comprising:

a stator;

a rotor including a plurality of rotor magnets; and

a magnetic pole piece rotor including a plurality of magnetic pole pieces each disposed at a radial position between the stator and the rotor,

wherein each of the magnetic pole pieces has a magnetic pole piece end face facing one side in an axial direction,

wherein each of the rotor magnets has a rotor magnet end face facing the one side,

wherein at least either of two relationships is established, one relationship being a relationship where at least part of the magnetic pole piece end face is disposed at an axial position between the rotor magnet end face and an axial center of the magnetic geared rotating machine, the other relationship being a relationship where a finger end face, of each of a plurality of fingers, facing the one side is disposed at an axial position between a tooth end face, of a tooth of the stator, facing the one side and the axial center of the magnetic geared rotating machine, the plurality of fingers being configured to hold therebetween a stator magnet disposed on the tooth from both sides in a circumferential direction,

wherein at least the part of the magnetic pole piece end face is located on the other side relative to the rotor magnet end face,

wherein the magnetic pole piece includes:

a stator side opposing face extending in the axial direction and opposing the stator; and

a rotor side opposing face extending in the axial direction and opposing the rotor, and

wherein the stator side opposing face is longer than the rotor side opposing face in the axial direction.

9 . The magnetic geared rotating machine according to claim 8 ,

wherein each of the magnetic pole pieces includes a first magnetic pole piece end portion which is an end portion on the one side,

wherein the first magnetic pole piece end portion has a plurality of electrical steel sheets laminated such that radial positions of end portions on a side of the stator are aligned, and

wherein the plurality of electrical steel sheets have:

a first electrical steel sheet forming part of the rotor side opposing face; and

a second electrical steel sheet disposed at a radial position between the stator and the rotor side opposing face.

10 . The magnetic geared rotating machine according to claim 8 ,

wherein the stator includes a plurality of the stator magnets,

wherein each of the stator magnets has a stator magnet end face facing the one side, and

wherein the stator magnet end face is disposed at the same axial position as an end of the stator side opposing face on the one side or at an axial position between the end of the stator side opposing face on the one side and an end of the rotor side opposing face on the one side.

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