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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pierre Couture, Boucherville, CA;
Bruno Francoeur, Loretteville, CA;
Assignee:
Hydro-Quebec, Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
310156 ; 310180 ; 310216 ; 310254 ; 310261 ;
Abstract
The multiphase brushless AC electric machine comprises a stator frame having a surface provided with parallel slots and projections disposed alternately, each of the openings being substantially as wide as the widest width of the corresponding slot; and a rotor frame having a surface provided with permanent magnet means having respective surface sections facing the slots and projections. All of the surface sections of the magnet means produce a magnetic flux density having a component average amplitude B.sub.r (.theta.) perpendicular to the corresponding surface of the stator, which is substantially defined by the following equation: