Tri-motor
AssigneePure Energy Corporation
InventorRuben Dario Silva
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Abstract
An electric motor is provided. The electric motor can include a first submotor that includes a first stator component and a first rotor component, one of the first stator component and the first rotor component including a plurality of first magnets, and the other of the first stator component and the first rotor component including a plurality of conductive first windings. The electric motor can include a second submotor that includes a second stator component and a second rotor component, one of the second stator component and the second rotor component including a plurality of second magnets, and the other of the second stator component and the second rotor component including a plurality of conductive second windings. At least one of the first windings can be electrically connected in series to at least one of the second windings.
Claims26
An electric motor, comprising:
- a first submotor that includes a first stator component and a first rotor component that is rotatable with respect to the first stator component, one of the first stator component and the first rotor component including a plurality of first magnets, and the other of the first stator component and the first rotor component including a plurality of conductive first windings that are operatively associated with the plurality of first magnets to produce torque in the first rotor component;
- and
- a second submotor that includes a second stator component and a second rotor component that is rotatable with respect to the second rotor component, one of the second stator component and the second rotor component including a plurality of second magnets, and the other of the second stator component and the second rotor component including a plurality of conductive second windings that are operatively associated with the plurality of second magnets to produce torque in the second rotor component;
- wherein at least one of the plurality of conductive first windings is electrically connected in series to at least one of the plurality of conductive second windings, and
- wherein the first and second submotors are coaxial.
An electric motor, comprising:
- a stator;
- and
- a rotor that is rotatable with respect to the stator;
- wherein one of the stator and the rotor includes a plurality of magnets, and the other of the stator and the rotor includes a plurality of conductive windings that are operatively associated with the plurality of magnets to produce torque in the rotor;
- wherein a plurality of sets of the plurality of magnets and the plurality of conductive windings are operatively associated as a plurality of submotors, each submotor including a portion of the stator and a portion of the rotor, and a plurality of phases of each submotor each include a group of the plurality of conductive windings and the plurality of magnets of the respective submotor;
- wherein the plurality of submotors have a same number of phases, and the plurality of conductive windings within a same phase of the plurality of submotors are electrically connected in series;
- and
- wherein the plurality of submotors are coaxial.
An electric motor, comprising:
- a stator;
- and
- a rotor that is rotatable with respect to the stator;
- wherein one of the stator and the rotor includes a plurality of magnets, and the other of the stator and the rotor includes a plurality of conductive windings that are operatively associated with the plurality of magnets to produce torque in the rotor;
- wherein a plurality of sets of the plurality of magnets and the plurality of conductive windings are operatively associated as a plurality of submotors, each submotor including a portion of the stator and a portion of the rotor, and a plurality of phases of each submotor each include a group of the plurality of conductive windings and the plurality of magnets of the respective submotor;
- wherein a plurality of phases of each submotor each include a group of the plurality of conductive windings and the plurality of magnets;
- wherein a commutator electronically connected, and configured to direct a flow of current, to each of the plurality of conductive windings, the commutator including a plurality of switches, wherein each switch includes a positive position and a negative position;
- and
- wherein the plurality of submotors are coaxial.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.