Rotational electric machine

A brushless winding field rotational electric machine positioned between a starting device and a case enclosing the starting device comprising:

• a stator, which is held to the case, including an alternating-current coil configured to generate a rotation magnetic field by alternating current;
• a field core, which is held to the case, including a field coil to be excited by direct current;
• and
• a rotor disposed on an outer periphery of the starting device and rotatably held about a rotational axis thereof relative to the stator and the field coil, the rotor including a first magnetic pole and a second magnetic pole, wherein
• the rotor further includes a plurality of connection portions to be connected to a synchronized rotation member configured to rotate in synchronization with an engine along the rotational axis, on a facing surface to the synchronized rotation member,
• the first magnetic pole includes a first circular ring and a plurality of protruding portions each protruding in an axial direction of the rotational axis from an end in the axial direction of the first circular ring portion,
• the second magnetic pole is disposed on an inner side of the first magnetic pole through a radial direction gap in a radial direction of the rotational axis, and the second magnetic pole includes a second circular ring portion disposed partially overlapping the first magnetic pole and a plurality of convex portions each protruding from an outer peripheral surface of the second circular ring portion in the radial direction of the rotational axis and each having a circumferential direction gap in a circumferential direction of the rotational axis,
• the first magnetic pole and the second magnetic pole are arranged without being in contact with each other,
• each of the plurality of protruding portions is inserted in the circumferential direction gap so that the protruding portions and the convex portions are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction of the rotational axis, and
• the plurality of connection portions are disposed on the facing surface of the second circular ring portion and on the inner side of the convex portion in the radial direction of the rotational axis.