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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2023
Applicant:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Inventor:
Scott D. Nielsen, Sahuarita, AZ (US);
Assignee:
RAYTHEON COMPANY, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 16/00 (2006.01); H02K 1/14 (2006.01); H02K 1/17 (2006.01); H02K 1/24 (2006.01); H02K 1/2793 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 16/00 (2013.01); H02K 1/14 (2013.01); H02K 1/17 (2013.01); H02K 1/24 (2013.01); H02K 1/2793 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided that is configured as or otherwise includes an axial flux electric machine. This axial flux electric machine includes a plurality of rotors, a plurality of stators and a shaft rotatable about an axis. The rotors are disposed axially along the axis and are mounted to the shaft. Each of the rotors includes a plurality of rotor magnets. The stators are axially interspersed with the rotors along the axis. Each of the stators includes a plurality of stator magnets. The stator magnets of a first of the stators are arranged asymmetrically about the axis.