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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. 26, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yue Li, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jerry Lloyd, Florissant, MO (US);
Assignee:
Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K / ; H02K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
310168 ; 310156 ; 310165 ; 318701 ;
Abstract
A reluctance machine system including a reluctance machine having a stator including at least one phase winding and a rotor defining rotor poles and inter-pole gaps, where permanent magnet inserts are positioned within the inter-pole gaps to interact with the currents in the phase windings to provide permanent magnet torque and to improve the machine's performance.