Switched reluctance motor with multiple pole sets and robust behavior under rotor displacement

A switched reluctance motor comprising:

• a plurality of stator poles arranged along a circumferential direction of an axis of rotation, the axis of rotation defining an axial direction, a radial direction, and the circumferential direction;
• and,
• a plurality of rotor poles arranged along the circumferential direction, the plurality of rotor poles arranged along the axial direction with respect to the plurality of stator poles to rotate across the plurality of stator poles, each of the plurality of rotor poles comprising a first rotor pole component and a second rotor pole component disposed on opposite axial sides of the plurality of stator poles,
• each of the plurality of stator poles being circumferentially adjacent to another stator pole of substantially the same structure,
• each of the plurality of stator poles comprising at least a first sub-pole and a second sub-pole arranged along the radial direction from the first sub-pole such that at least a portion of magnetic flux from the first sub-pole flows radially through the first rotor pole component, axially through the second sub-pole, radially through the second rotor pole component and axially back through the first sub-pole, and,
• as the plurality of rotor poles rotate with respect to the plurality of stator poles, the magnetic flux exerting a rotating force on the plurality of rotor poles.