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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2017
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Jacek F. Gieras, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Gregory I. Rozman, Rockford, IL (US);
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A switched reluctance electric machine includes a stator ring having a plurality of stator poles, at least one rotor concentric to the stator ring and including a yoke portion and a plurality of pole portions extending radially from the yoke portion. A plurality of pole flux barriers are embedded in each of the at least one rotor such that a first portion of each of the plurality of pole flux barriers extends radially into a first pole portion in the plurality of pole portions, a second portion of the pole flux barrier extends radially into a second pole portion in the plurality of pole portions, and a third portion of the pole flux barrier passes through the yoke portion and connects the first portion and the second portion of the pole flux barrier.