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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2009
Applicant:
Dan M. Ionel, Fox Point, WI (US);
Inventor:
Dan M. Ionel, Fox Point, WI (US);
Assignee:
Regal Beloit EPC Inc., Beloit, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 1/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electric machine includes a stator and a rotor core including a first rotor portion positioned adjacent the stator and having an outside diameter. The first rotor portion includes a plurality of elongated slots that define a plurality of poles. The electric machine also includes a plurality of magnets. Each of the plurality of magnets is positioned within one of the slots and arranged such that each of the plurality of poles has a magnetic arc length that is different than a magnetic arc length of any adjacent pole.