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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2014
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
An electric machine that includes a rotor core made of magnetic steel; a stator configured with stationary windings therein; openings disposed within or on the rotor core; and a rotor circuit that is configured to introduce saliency based on an orientation of part of the rotor circuit in relationship to a pole location of the electric machine, where the rotor circuit is made of a conductive, non-magnetic material. A rotor component and various embodiments of electric machines are also disclosed. The present invention has been described in terms of specific embodiment(s), and it is recognized that equivalents, alternatives, and modifications, aside from those expressly stated, are possible and within the scope of the appending claims.