Mirroring of high rotor pole switched reluctance machines

A high rotor pole switched reluctance machine comprising:

• at least two rotors positioned about a central axis, each of the at least two rotors comprising a plurality of rotor poles on a lateral rotor surface;
• and
• at least one stator positioned about the central axis and placed between and laterally adjacent to the at least two rotors, the at least one stator comprising a plurality of stator poles extending from a first lateral stator surface adjacent to one of the at least two rotors to a second lateral stator surface adjacent to other of the at least two rotors;
• wherein the at least two rotors and the at least one stator positioned about the central axis provides a multi rotor mirroring configuration and the plurality of rotor poles is in a numerical relationship with the plurality of stator poles, the numerical relationship defined by the Multiple Rotor Pole (MRP) formula:
• NR,tot=R×NR=(S+1)×(2Ns−2)
• such that R≥2, wherein NR,tot is the total number of rotor poles, R is the number of individual rotors, S is the number of individual stators, NR is the number of rotor poles per rotor and Ns is the number of stator poles per stator.

A high rotor pole switched reluctance machine comprising:

• at least two rotors positioned about a central axis, each of the at least two rotors comprising a plurality of rotor poles on a lateral rotor surface;
• and
• at least one stator positioned about the central axis and placed between and laterally adjacent to the at least two rotors, the at least one stator comprising a plurality of stator poles extending from a first lateral stator surface adjacent to one of the at least two rotors to a second lateral stator surface adjacent to the other of the at least two rotors;
• wherein the at least two rotors and the at least one stator forms a multi rotor mirroring configuration and the plurality of rotor poles is in a numerical relationship with the plurality of stator poles, the numerical relationship defined by the Multiple Rotor Pole (MRP) formula:
• NR,tot=R×NR=(S+1)×(2Ns−2)
• such that R≥2, wherein NR,tot is the total number of rotor poles, R is the number of individual rotors, S is the number of individual stators, NR is the number of rotor poles per rotor and Ns is the number of stator poles per stator.

A high rotor pole switched reluctance machine comprising:

• at least two stators positioned about a central axis, each of the at least two stators comprising a plurality of stator poles on a lateral stator surface;
• and
• at least one rotor positioned about the central axis and placed between and laterally adjacent to the at least two stators, the at least one rotor comprising a plurality of rotor poles extending from a first lateral rotor surface adjacent to one of the at least two stators to a second lateral rotor surface adjacent to the other of the at least two stators;
• wherein the at least two stators and the at least one rotor forms a multi stator mirroring configuration and the plurality of stator poles is in a numerical relationship with the plurality of rotor poles, the numerical relationship defined by the Multiple Stator Pole (MSP) formula:
• NR,tot=R×NR=(S−1)×(2Ns−2)
• such that S≥2, wherein NR,tot is the total number of rotor poles, R is the number of individual rotors, S is the number of individual stators, NR is the number of rotor poles per rotor and Ns is the number of stator poles per stator.

A high rotor pole switched reluctance machine comprising:

• at least two stators positioned about a central axis, each of the at least two stators comprising a plurality of stator poles on a lateral stator surface;
• and
• at least one rotor positioned about the central axis and placed between and laterally adjacent to the at least two stators, the at least one rotor comprising a plurality of rotor poles extending from a first lateral rotor surface to a second lateral rotor surface;
• wherein the at least two stators and the at least one rotor positioned about the central axis provides a multi stator mirroring configuration and the plurality of stator poles is in a numerical relationship with the plurality of rotor poles, the numerical relationship defined by the Multiple Stator Pole (MSP) formula:
• NR,tot=R×NR=(S−1)×(2Ns−2)
• such that S≥2, wherein NR,tot is the total number of rotor poles, R is the number of individual rotors, S is the number of individual stators, NR is the number of rotor poles per rotor and Ns is the number of stator poles per stator.

A high rotor pole switched reluctance machine comprising:

• at least two stators positioned about a central axis, each of the at least two stators comprising a plurality of stator poles on a lateral stator surface;
• and
• at least one rotor positioned about the central axis and placed between and laterally adjacent to the at least two stators, the at least one rotor comprising a plurality of rotor poles extending from a first lateral rotor surface adjacent to one of the at least two stators to a second lateral rotor surface adjacent to the other of the at least two stators to form a multi stator mirroring configuration;
• wherein the plurality of stator poles is in a numerical relationship with the plurality of rotor poles, the numerical relationship defined by the Multiple Stator Pole (MSP) formula:
• NR,tot=R×NR=(S−1)×(2Ns−2)
• such that S≥2, wherein NR,tot is the total number of rotor poles, R is the number of individual rotors, S is the number of individual stators, NR is the number of rotor poles per rotor and Ns is the number of stator poles per stator.