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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2014
Regal Beloit America, Inc., Beloit, WI (US);
Edward Lewis Drye, Troy, IN (US);
Harold Dean Willis, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Stephen Thomas English, Englewood, OH (US);
Justin Michael Magyar, Troy, OH (US);
Christopher Joseph Roth, Tipp City, OH (US);
Alan Michael Smith, Beavercreek, OH (US);
Paul Steven Mullin, Yellow Springs, OH (US);
Regal Beloit America, Inc., Beloit, WI (US);
Abstract
According to an embodiment of the invention, an electric machine is provided. The machine includes a support structure and a stator secured to the support structure. The machine also includes a rotor rotatably scoured to the support structure. The rotor defines a wall of the rotor. The machine also includes a sensor secured to the support structure and adapted to cooperate with the wall of the rotor to sense the position of the rotor relative to that of the stator.