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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mahesh J Shah, Rockford, IL (US);
Jayant G Vaidya, Rockford, IL (US);
Assignee:
Sundstrand Corporation, Rockford, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
318701 ; 310 / ; 310155 ; 310181 ; 310168 ;
Abstract
A variable reluctance motor (10, 100, 200) for providing holding torque in accordance with the invention includes a magnetically permeable rotor (12); a stator (18) axially aligned with the rotor having at least one phase winding (22) for producing a magnetic field causing the rotor to rotate; and a first cylindrical magnet (26) mounted coaxial with and outboard from a first side of the rotor which creates a permanent magnetic field coupling the rotor to the magnet to provide holding torque.