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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2013
Fisher & Paykel Appliances Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Gerald David Duncan, Auckland, NZ;
Christian John Wade Gianni, Auckland, NZ;
John Julian Aubrey Williams, Auckland, NZ;
Kerrin Edmund Burnnand, Auckland, NZ;
Gregory Paul Hill, Auckland, NZ;
FISHER & PAYKEL APPLIANCES LIMITED, Auckland, NZ;
Abstract
A magnet element () and a method of its manufacture for assembly into a rotor (), the magnet element () having magnetic domains aligned anisotropically to form a domain alignment pattern (), wherein the magnetic domain alignment pattern () in the magnet element () has an orientation that varies substantially continuously across at least part of the magnet element () between its lateral edges from at least partially radial to at least partially tangential.