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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Daniel Garcia, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Tamer Fahed Khalaf, Waukesha, WI (US);
Jason Monclair Pittman, Waukesha, WI (US);
Anton Linz, Waukesha, WI (US);
William John Bonneau, Waukesha, WI (US);
Chinmoy Goswami, Waukesha, WI (US);
Vandana Rallabandi, Lexington, KY (US);
Rahul Radhakrishna Pillai, Bangalore, IN;
Srinivas Satya Sai Mallampalli, Bangalore, IN;
Suma Memana Narayana Bhat, Bangalore, IN;
Viswanathan Kanakasabai, Bangalore, IN;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A stator-less electric motor for an MRI system is provided. The stator-less electric motor includes a body, a rotor rotatable connected to the body, and at least one coil winding disposed on the rotor. The at least one coil winding is arranged so as to rotate the rotor when energized via an electrical current in the presence of a magnetic field generated by a magnet assembly of the MRI system.