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US 2017/0370296 A1Published application
Induction switched reluctance motor
OwnerMohammadali Abbasianinventor
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Abstract
A switched reluctance motor is disclosed. The switched reluctance motor includes a rotor, a stator, an air gap between the stator and the rotor, and a plurality of conductive elements. The plurality of conductive elements are disposed on the rotor.
Claims20
A switched reluctance motor, comprising:
- a rotor;
- a stator;
- an air gap between the stator and the rotor;
- and
- a first plurality of conductive elements, the first plurality of conductive elements being disposed on the rotor.
2 more elements
The motor of 9, wherein:
- the motor is configured to operate at a plurality of separately excitable phases,
- each phase of the plurality of separately excitable phases is excited by energizing a subset of the second plurality of conductive elements, and
- energizing the subset of the second plurality of conductive elements includes using pulses of direct current.
A switched reluctance motor, comprising:
- a stator, including a first back iron, a first plurality of conductive elements, and a plurality of stator poles;
- a rotor, including a second back iron, a second plurality of conductive elements, and a plurality of rotor poles;
- and
- an air gap between the stator and the rotor,
- wherein the switched reluctance motor is configured to provide a short flux path for a magnetic flux, wherein the short flux path includes:
- a stator pole among the plurality of stator poles,
- a portion of a rotor pole among the plurality of rotor poles, the rotor pole being adjacent to the stator pole, and
- a portion of the air gap, the portion of the air gap being located between the stator pole and the portion of the rotor pole.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.