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US 8,134,265 B2Granted
Magnetic generator
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshinori Maekawa, Kazutomo Nishida, Kazumi Miyashita
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Abstract
A magnetic generator, or a so-called inner-rotor generator, provided with a rotor on the inside of a stator. The rotor has a ring-shaped yoke and a magnet integrally mounted in advance to the outer circumferential surface of the yoke. The rotor is mounted to a hub spindle of a rotating body.
Claims5
A magnetic generator comprising:
- a rotor having a rotary ring-shaped yoke and a ring-shaped magnet integrally mounted to an entire radially outermost circumferential surface of the yoke, the yoke including a ring-shaped flange extending away from the magnet and configured to matingly engage a stepped part of a rotating body, wherein the rotating body encompasses the rotor and only the magnet defines an outermost circumferential surface of the rotor;
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- a stator having a coil spaced a predetermined distance outwardly from an outermost circumferential surface of the magnet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.