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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2010
Yi LI, Edinburgh, GB;
Jonathan Richard Meyer, Farnham, GB;
Rupert Paul Kirby, Hants, GB;
Timothy John Martin, Tilehurst, GB;
Yi Li, Edinburgh, GB;
Jonathan Richard Meyer, Farnham, GB;
Rupert Paul Kirby, Hants, GB;
Timothy John Martin, Tilehurst, GB;
Protean Electric Limited, , GB;
Abstract
An electric motor comprising a stator having two coil sets arranged to produce a magnetic field of the motor, each coil set comprising a plurality of coil sub-sets; and two control devices, wherein the first control device is coupled to the plurality of coil sub-sets for the first coil set and the second control device is coupled to the plurality of coil sub-sets for the second coil set and each control device is arranged to control current in the respective plurality of coil sub-sets to generate a magnetic field in each coil sub-set to have a substantially different magnetic phase to the other one or more coil sub-sets in the respective coil set; and wherein the first control device and the second control device are mounted adjacent to the stator.