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US 9,337,710 B2Granted
Homopolar motor phase
AssigneeSintertech
InventorsFrançois Bernot, Alix Bernot
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Abstract
A homopolar motor phase (d4) which consists of a wafer (a0), the leg (a3) of each tooth meeting the leg of the next tooth before touching the cylinder head (a4), the leg (a3) at least partially filling the space (a6) between the teeth. The inner diameter (a11) is reduced by the presence of a discontinuity in the area (a7) at the tip of the tooth (a5).
Claims20
A homopolar motor, comprising:
- for each phase stator of the homopolar motor, a core including a plurality of teeth each including a leg and a foot, the leg of each tooth meeting a leg of an adjacent tooth at an internal ring portion formed by portions of the legs of the teeth, the internal ring portion being adjacent a cylinder head of the core to which the plurality of teeth are attached, said internal ring portion being disposed between the teeth,
- wherein the foot includes a step from an intermediate portion of the foot to a tip of the tooth at the foot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.