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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Kum Kang Huh, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Patel Bhageerath Reddy, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ayman Mohamed Fawzi El-Refaie, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Patrick Lee Jansen, Scotia, NY (US);
Roy David Schultz, Erie, PA (US);
Lembit Salasoo, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A rotor component that comprises a rotor circuit configured for use with either an interior permanent magnet (IPM) machine or a synchronous reluctance machine (SRM) that includes a pole circuit made of a conductive, non-magnetic material and has a midpoint that substantially aligns with a d-axis of the IPM or SRM. An electric machine with a similar rotor component therein or having a loop or ring of a conductive, non-magnetic material that is substantially concentric about a d-axis of the electric machine.