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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2019
Applicant:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventors:
Tadashi Sawata, Coventry, GB;
Andrew Page, Herts, GB;
Assignee:
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 7/08 (2006.01); H02K 37/08 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01); H02K 21/24 (2006.01); H02K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 7/088 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); H02K 37/08 (2013.01); H02K 7/003 (2013.01); H02K 21/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electric propulsion system, comprising a propeller and a motor arranged to rotate the propeller, the motor comprising an axial flux motor comprising a rotor disc and a stator disc mounted in face-to-face relationship with an air gap defined therebetween, the rotor disc driven to rotate relative to the stator disc to cause magnetic flux in the air gap to cause rotation of the propeller, characterised in that the propeller is directly attached to the rotor disc to rotate with the rotor disc.