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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2005
Applicant:
Hirofumi Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Hirofumi Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 21/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A rotor of an axial gap motor has a circular rotor core. A circular frame member is put on one axial face of the circular rotor core. The frame member has a plurality of magnet receiving recesses that are circularly arranged about the axis of the circular frame member at evenly spaced intervals. A plurality of permanent magnets are received in the magnet receiving recesses. A connecting structure connects the circular rotor core and the circular frame member together.