A stator core including field slots housing field windings and armature slots housing armature windings is provided. Permanent magnets are housed in the respective armature slots. Field windings face to the permanent magnets directly or via the stator core on the outer and inner circumferential sides. A coil end of one of the armature windings straddles the predetermined one of the field slots and passes over the axial end face of each of the permanent magnets in the corresponding one of the field slots over which the coil end straddles.

A method for positioning a substage (9), supported by a main stage (5), relative to a reference object, the substage moveable in a direction (7) between a first and second position relative to the main stage. The method includes positioning the first stage using a passive force system that is activated by positioning the main stage. The passive force system includes two magnet systems (119, 121), each magnet system being configured to apply a force in the direction to the first stage with respect to the second stage in a non-contact manner, the forces resulting in a resultant force applied to the first stage in the direction by the passive force system. A magnitude and/or a direction of the resultant force depends on the position of the first stage relative to the second stage, and the first stage has a zero-force position between the first and second position in which the resultant force is zero.

A method for positioning a substage (9), supported by a main stage (5), relative to a reference object, the substage moveable in a direction (7) between a first and second position relative to the main stage. The method includes positioning the first stage using a passive force system that is activated by positioning the main stage. The passive force system includes two magnet systems (119, 121), each magnet system being configured to apply a force in the direction to the first stage with respect to the second stage in a non-contact manner, the forces resulting in a resultant force applied to the first stage in the direction by the passive force system. A magnitude and/or a direction of the resultant force depends on the position of the first stage relative to the second stage, and the first stage has a zero-force position between the first and second position in which the resultant force is zero.

The present invention discloses a stator, a rotor and a multi-working-harmonic permanent magnet motor using the above rotor and the stator, wherein the N poles and the S poles are alternately distributed in a circumference direction of the rotor core or the stator core; any N pole comprises at least one N-pole permanent magnet; any S pole comprises at least one S-pole permanent magnet; and at least two adjacent N pole and S pole has different widths. According to the invention, through the arrangement of magnetic poles with different widths on a rotor or a stator, it is possible to generate magnetic fields containing a plurality of harmonic magnetic fields with high amplitudes so that the harmonic magnetic fields can interact with the magnetic fields generated by the armature windings of the permanent motor to realize the superposition of multi-part torques, thereby further enhancing the outputted torque of the motor. In addition, with the invention, the harmonic permanent fields can be completely decoupled on the frequency, thereby significantly improving the fault tolerance performance of the motor, and as a dual-mechanical-port motor, the motor of the invention can be applied to electric vehicles and other relevant variable transmission field.

A dual pole high temperature superconductive parallel path switched reluctance motor combining high temperature superconductive wire in stator coils, a switched reluctance motor type, parallel path motor technology, and a configuration and geometry of electromagnetic coils and permanent magnets in a dual pole stator in a magnetically coupled relation to a dual annular salient rotor to create complete and continuous square, short flux path.

A dual pole high temperature superconductive parallel path switched reluctance motor combining high temperature superconductive wire in stator coils, a switched reluctance motor type, parallel path motor technology, and a configuration and geometry of electromagnetic coils and permanent magnets in a dual pole stator in a magnetically coupled relation to a dual annular salient rotor to create complete and continuous square, short flux path.

An electrical machine (1) operating by switching of magnetic flux comprises a rotor (10), a stator (20) and a winding (30). The stator has at least two stator discs (22) magnetically connected in series via rotor discs (12). The electric machine topology implements the magnetic gearing effect, and has simple winding loops (32) enclosing magnetic structures (70). The magnetic structures are securely fixed to the winding.

An electrical machine (1) operating by switching of magnetic flux comprises a rotor (10), a stator (20) and a winding (30). The stator has at least two stator discs (22) magnetically connected in series via rotor discs (12). The electric machine topology implements the magnetic gearing effect, and has simple winding loops (32) enclosing magnetic structures (70). The magnetic structures are securely fixed to the winding.

Disclosed are various embodiments for a motor/generator where the stator is a coil assembly and the rotor is a magnetic toroidal cylindrical tunnel or where the rotor is a coil assembly and the stator is a magnetic toroidal cylindrical tunnel.

Disclosed are various embodiments for a motor/generator where the stator is a coil assembly and the rotor is a magnetic toroidal cylindrical tunnel or where the rotor is a coil assembly and the stator is a magnetic toroidal cylindrical tunnel.