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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
May. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Launchpoint Technologies, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Richard Ricci, Camarillo, CA (US);
Jonathan Gordon Sugar, Ventura, CA (US);
Bradley Evan Paden, Goleta, CA (US);
David Brian Paden, Goleta, CA (US);
Assignee:
LAUNCHPOINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Goleta, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 1/22 (2006.01); H02K 21/24 (2006.01); H02K 1/30 (2006.01); H02K 1/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 21/24 (2013.01); H02K 1/2793 (2013.01); H02K 1/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
An axial flux brushless permanent magnet electrical machine having a stator and at least one rotor. The rotor includes a Halbach array of magnets with at least four magnets per magnetic cycle. The rotor magnets are contained within pockets in the rotor. The pockets are formed with magnet pocket walls being radial walls, active surface walls, and/or inactive surface walls where the walls retain the magnets within the pockets.