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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
May. 24, 2007
Shin Nakamasu, Shiga, JP;
Toshinari Kondou, Shiga, JP;
Yoshinari Asano, Shiga, JP;
Daikin Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic field element includes magnetic field portions and a coupling portion and is rotatable on a rotation axis along a given direction. Each magnetic field portion includes a magnet and magnetic plates. The magnet includes first and second pole faces having different polarities from each other in the given direction. The magnetic-material plates are provided on the first and second pole faces. The magnetic field portions are annularly arranged along a circumferential direction around the rotation axis and spaced in the circumferential direction from one another. The coupling portion is made of a non-magnetic material and couples the magnetic field portions to one another.