Single and polyphase electromagnetic induction machines having regulated polar magnetic symmetry

An inductive dynamoelectric machine comprising:

• a hollow, cylindrically shaped, longitudinally slotted stator;
• at least a pair of stator windings disposed in the slots around the interior of said stator, said stator windings being electrically serially connected together and connected across a power input of said dynamoelectric machine;
• a capacitor in parallel combination with one of said stator windings and said combination in series with the other said stator winding forming a quasi-double-resonant circuit that includes a quasi-series resonant circuit and a quasi-parallel resonant circuit;
• a longitudinally slotted, rotatable rotor disposed in the interior space defined by said stator;
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• a plurality of electrically coupled rotor windings disposed in the slots on the periphery of said rotor wherein said stator windings and said rotor windings are magnetically coupled together and a balanced rotating magnetic flux wave is produced due to the storage and delivery of energy by the capacitor, the stator windings and the rotor windings under substantially all load conditions.

A polyphase inductive dynamoelectric machine adapted to be supplied with a polyphase power at a like number of power phase input terminals comprising:

• a rotatable rotor carrying a plurality of interconnected rotor windings;
• a stator circumferentially surrounding said rotor;
• a pair of serially connected stator windings for each phase of said polyphase power disposed in said stator, each pair receiving, via one of said power input terminals, a different phase of said polyphase power and adapted to be magnetically coupled to said rotor windings;
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• a respective capacitor for each pair of stator windings, said respective capacitor connected in series with a first winding of said pair and in parallel with a second winding thereof, the size of the capacitor being such that a respective quasi-series resonant circuit is formed with said first winding and a respective quasi-parallel resonant circuit is formed with said second winding.

A method of generating torque form an a.c. power source including the steps of:

• forming a quasi-souble-resonant circuit comprising two stationary serially connected inductive elements and a capacitive element connected in parallel combination with one of said inductive elements and the combination connected in series with the other of said inductive elements to respectively form a quasi-parallel resonant circuit and a quasi-series resonant circuit;
• providing a rotatable inductive element adapted to deliver torque;
• applying said a.c. power across said two serially connected inductive elements;
• magnetically coupling said two serially connected inductive elements with said rotatable inductive element;
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• producing a balanced rotating magnetic flux wave by storing and by delivering stored energy from one of said quasi-serial resonant circuit or said quasi-parallel resonant circuit to the other one of said quasi-serial resonant circuit or said quasi-parallel resonant circuit upon a change in the magnetic flux linking said two inductive elements and said rotating inductive element.

A method of generating torque from an a.c. power source including the steps of:

• forming a quasi-double-resonant circuit comprising two stationary serially connected inductive elements and a capacitive element connected in series with one of said inductive elements and in parallel to the other of said inductive elements to respectively form a quasi-series resonant circuit and a quasi-parallel resonant circuit;
• providing a rotatable inductive element adapted to deliver torque;
• applying said a.c. power across said two serially connected inductive elements;
• magnetically coupling said two serially connected inductive elements with said rotatable inductive element;
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• producing a balanced rotating magnetic flux wave by storing and by delivering stored energy from one of said quasi-serial resonant circuit or said quasi-parallel resonant circuit to the other one of said quasi-serial resonant circuit or said quasi-parallel resonant circuit upon a change in the magnetic flux linking said two inductive elements and said rotating inductive element.

A polyphase inductive dynamoelectric machine adapted to be supplied with a polyphase power at a like number of power phase input terminals comprising:

• a rotatable rotor carrying a plurality of interconnected rotor windings;
• said rotor circumferentially surrounding a stationary stator;
• a pair of serially connected stator windings for each phase of said polyphase power disposed in said stator, each pair receiving, via one of said power input terminals, a different phase of said polyphase power and adapted to be magnetically coupled to said rotor windings;
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• a respective capacitor for each pair of stator windings, said respective capacitor connected in quasiseries with a first winding of said pair and in parallel with a second winding thereof, the size of the capacitor being such that a respective quasi-series resonant circuit is formed with said first winding and a respective quasi-parallel resonant circuit is formed with said second winding.