# US 5,345,130 A · Modable permanent magnet rotor for optimized field shaping

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- Number: US 5,345,130 A
- Document ID: US5345130A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/053,275
- Filed: 1993-04-28
- Granted: 1994-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 1993-04-28
- Assignees: General Electric Company
- Inventors: Gerald B. Kliman; Eike Richter
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5345130A

## CPC

- H02K 1/2733: Annular magnets
- H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53})

## Abstract

A permanent magnet rotor is shaped to optimize the flux distribution thereabout. In one embodiment, cut-outs in the rotor core between magnetic poles forces more of the magnetizing flux, i.e., that which would normally be distributed about the transition zone between the poles, into the main part of the poles, resulting in a substantially trapezoidal flux distribution that is substantially flat over approximately the central 120.degree. of each respective 180.degree. half-cycle thereof. In an alternative embodiment, the rotor core is shaped to be substantially square with rounded edges. Permanent magnet material is molded onto the square-shaped rotor core to form a plurality of magnetic poles such that the flux distribution about the rotor core is substantially sinusoidal.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A permanent magnet rotor, comprising:
a rotor core with permanent magnet material disposed thereon to form a plurality of magnetic poles, said rotor core having a plurality of uniformly distributed cut-outs formed along the periphery thereof, said cut-outs having a shape which is determined to provide a substantially trapezoidal flux distribution that is substantially flat over approximately a central 120.degree. of each respective 180.degree. half-cycle thereof.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The permanent magnet rotor of claim 1 wherein said permanent magnet material is molded on said rotor core.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The permanent magnet rotor of claim 1, having four of said magnetic poles.