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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1997
John C Dunfield, Chatsworth, CA (US);
Gunter K Heine, Aptos, CA (US);
Marcel Jufer, Morges, CH;
Kamran Oveyssi, Aptos, CA (US);
Seagate Technologies, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A brushless permanent-magnet direct current motor has a permanent magnet which is magnetized to create an offset angle between detent and mutual torques for providing sufficient starting torque for all relative orientations between the stator and the rotor of the motor. This is accomplished by providing a permanent magnet in which the global magnetization of the magnet has been disrupted by the application of a local magnetic field to a portion of the magnet, thereby to provide a magnetic anomaly in the global magnetization. Also, a method of magnetization of the magnet is described.