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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
David M Erdman, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Harold B Harms, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
John L Oldenkamp, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Gustave F Wiedemann, New Haven, IN (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
318701 ; 318696 ; 68 237 ;
Abstract
A drive system for a laundry machine utilizing a switched reluctance motor of three or more phases and with stator/rotor pole ratios selected from the ratios of 6:4 and 8:6 with the actual number of poles being a multiple of 2 or more times those numbers. A stator/rotor gap of 10-20 mils is maintained in large diameter motors and cooling for the coils and electronic components positioned within the motor is provided.