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US 12,451,741 B2Granted
Flux machine
AssigneeClearWater Holdings, Ltd.
InventorsKeith Klontz, Haodong Li
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Abstract
A flux machine includes a stator and a rotor. A set of electrical coil assemblies with side surfaces and sets of plural permanent magnets are arranged circularly on the stator and the rotor. Pole faces of the magnets are positioned adjacent to and spaced apart from side surfaces of permeable cores of the coil assemblies. In each coil assembly a pair of like pole faces of the magnets mutually face across the permeable core and a third magnet pole face faces transversely relative to the mutually facing pole faces of the pair of magnets.
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A flux machine comprising:
- a stator and a rotor;
- one of the stator and the rotor having one or more core-coil assemblies, each of the one or more core-coil assemblies including a core and a corresponding coil, each core defining an accommodating channel therein and being disposed at least partially within its corresponding coil such that each corresponding coil is at least partially disposed within the accommodating channel defined by its core, the accommodating channel having a generally U-shaped cross-section and being defined by a base and two opposing sidewalls that face each other;
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- the other of the stator and the rotor having one or more sets of magnets positioned adjacent the one or more core-coil assemblies, each of the one or more sets of magnets including at least one magnet facing toward the one or more core-coil assemblies.
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A flux machine comprising:
- a stator and a rotor;
- one of the stator and the rotor having one or more core-coil assemblies, each of the one or more core-coil assemblies including a core and a corresponding coil, each core being formed from a first core portion and a second core portion, the first core portion including a first plurality of laminations stacked in a first direction, the second core pore portion including a second plurality of laminations stacked in a second direction that is different than the first direction, each corresponding coil being wound about at least a portion of the first core portion and at least a portion of the second core portion, such that the first plurality of laminations and the second plurality of laminations are both at least partially disposed within the corresponding coil;
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- the other of the stator and the rotor having one or more sets of magnets positioned adjacent the one or more core-coil assemblies, each of the one or more sets of magnets including at least one magnet facing toward the one or more core-coil assemblies.
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A flux machine comprising:
- a stator and a rotor;
- one of the stator and the rotor having one or more core-coil assemblies, each of the one or more core-coil assemblies including a core and a corresponding coil, each core defining an accommodating channel therein and being disposed at least partially within its corresponding coil such that each corresponding coil is at least partially disposed within the accommodating channel defined by its core, each core formed from a first plurality of laminations stacked in a first direction and a second plurality of laminations stacked in a second direction that is different than the first direction, the first plurality of laminations defining a first channel portion of the accommodating channel and a second channel portion of the accommodating channel that is parallel to the first channel portion, the second plurality of laminations defining a third channel portion of the accommodating channel that is perpendicular to the first channel portion and the second channel portion;
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- the other of the stator and the rotor having one or more sets of magnets positioned adjacent the one or more core-coil assemblies, each of the one or more sets of magnets including at least one magnet facing toward the one or more core-coil assemblies.
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A flux machine comprising:
- a stator and a rotor;
- one of the stator and the rotor having one or more core-coil assemblies, each of the one or more core-coil assemblies including a core and a corresponding coil, each core defining an accommodating channel therein and being disposed at least partially within its corresponding coil such that each corresponding coil is at least partially disposed within the accommodating channel defined by its core, each core including (i) a first core portion formed from a first plurality of laminations stacked in a first direction, the first core portion defining a first channel portion of the accommodating channel, and (ii) a second core portion formed from a second plurality of laminations stacked in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, the second core portion defining a second channel portion of the accommodating channel that is perpendicular to the second channel portion;
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- the other of the stator and the rotor having one or more sets of magnets positioned adjacent the one or more core-coil assemblies, each of the one or more sets of magnets including at least one magnet facing toward the one or more core-coil assemblies.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.