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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1998
Tetsuya Miura, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yasutomo Kawabata, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yukio Inaguma, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toshinobu Arakawa, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a magnets containing-type motor that minimizes a cogging torque without lowering its output. In a magnets containing-type motor where permanent magnets are set in magnetic pole elements of a rotor, the dimensions of each magnetic pole element are determined to satisfy predetermined relations according to a variety of numerical elements of the motor. In accordance with a concrete arrangement, the dimensions of each magnetic pole element are determined, so as to enable either one of a magnetic pole element opening angle L2 and an equivalent magnetic pole element opening angle L3 to be expressed as (n+z).multidot.Pp+x.multidot.(g/R)+y.multidot.(gp/R), based on a predetermined relation between a parameter (t2-t1)/g and a predetermined threshold value. In this equation, gp denotes a length of a space between adjoining teeth; Pp denotes a central angular pitch of teeth; R denotes a radius of an inner face of a stator; g denotes an interval between the stator and the rotor; t2 denotes a thickness of a magnetic pole circumferential portion; t1 denotes a thickness of a magnetic pole element side portion; n denotes an arbitrary natural number; and x, y, and z are real numbers that satisfy -0.6.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.0.6, 0.3.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.0.5, and -0.06.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.-0.04.