Lg Electronics Inc.

Jihwan Kong

Junho Lee

Jaemin Lee

Kilyoung Kim

Taeseok Jeong

Youngjun Ahn

Disclosed is an IPM motor that detects an accurate position of a rotor. The IPM motor includes a stator, a hub, a plurality of spokes extending outward in a radial direction from the hub, a plurality of slots defined between the spokes, a rotor rotatably installed in the stator, wherein the rotor includes a plurality of permanent magnets respectively arranged in the slots, a sensor disposed adjacent to the rotor, wherein the sensor is configured to detect a position of each permanent magnet, and a cover disposed on the rotor to cover the rotor, wherein the cover is constructed to guide magnetic flux of each permanent magnet to the sensor at a specific point of the slot of the rotor.

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Seoul, South Korea

Jihwan Kong