A rotor structure, a permanent magnet auxiliary synchronous reluctance motor and an electric vehicle, the rotor structure includes a rotor body and an outer layer permanent magnet. The rotor body is provided with a magnetic steel slot group. The magnetic steel slot group includes an outer layer magnetic steel slot. The outer layer magnetic steel slot includes a plurality of magnetic steel slot segments. At least two of the plurality of magnetic steel slot segments are arranged in a radial direction of the rotor body and are disposed oppositely at both sides of a direct axis of the rotor body. The outer layer permanent magnet is arranged in the magnetic steel slot segment, a length of the outer permanent magnet disposed in the two oppositely arranged magnetic steel slot segments is L, and a maximum distance between the two oppositely arranged magnetic steel slot segments is C, where 0.8×C≤L.

The DC electric motor has a stator which comprises a permanent magnet with a number p of pole pairs, and has a rotor which can rotate in relation to the stator and has a hollow-cylindrical iron-free winding with a geometric axis and a number Q of sub-coils, and a collector with a number K of collector segments, wherein the sub-coils are arranged distributed over the periphery of the rotor. The brush-commutated DC electric motor furthermore has at least one pair of brushes which are in contact with the collector and by means of which the sub-coils are energized. The arrangement of the brushes and the interconnection of the sub-coils are selected in such a way that in each case a number n≥2 of sub-coils, which are each arranged offset by 360°/n in a rotationally symmetrical manner with respect to the axis of the rotor, are always supplied with the same current at the same time.

The DC electric motor has a stator which comprises a permanent magnet with a number p of pole pairs, and has a rotor which can rotate in relation to the stator and has a hollow-cylindrical iron-free winding with a geometric axis and a number Q of sub-coils, and a collector with a number K of collector segments, wherein the sub-coils are arranged distributed over the periphery of the rotor. The brush-commutated DC electric motor furthermore has at least one pair of brushes which are in contact with the collector and by means of which the sub-coils are energized. The arrangement of the brushes and the interconnection of the sub-coils are selected in such a way that in each case a number n≥2 of sub-coils, which are each arranged offset by 360°/n in a rotationally symmetrical manner with respect to the axis of the rotor, are always supplied with the same current at the same time.

A permanent magnet motor comprises: a stator comprising teeth; and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator, the rotor having a plurality of poles, wherein each pole of the rotor comprises a pair of magnet retention slots, each magnet retention slot accommodating a magnet. Surfaces of the teeth of the stator facing the rotor are flat or have an arc shape. Each magnet retention slot may have a plurality of angled slot surfaces forming a first barrier around a corner of the magnet positioned closest to an outer surface of the rotor. At least three second barriers are positioned around a mid-axis extending along between the pair of the magnet retention slots. Each magnet retention slot comprises a slot surface slanted or curved relative to a second side surface of the magnet facing an inner surface of the rotor to form a third barrier around an end of the second side surface of the magnet.

An embodiment may provide a motor including a shaft, a rotor coupled to the shaft, and a stator disposed between the shaft and the rotor, wherein the rotor includes a yoke coupled to the shaft and a driving magnet and a sensing magnet which are coupled to the yoke, the sensing magnet includes a first sensing magnet and a second sensing magnet, a first pole and a second pole are alternately disposed on a first circumference of the first sensing magnet, and the second sensing magnet is disposed on a second circumference having a radius different from a radius of the first circumference and includes a first pole and a second pole of which a length in a circumferential direction is different from a length of the first pole of the second sensing magnet in the circumferential direction.

An embodiment may provide a motor including a shaft, a rotor coupled to the shaft, and a stator disposed between the shaft and the rotor, wherein the rotor includes a yoke coupled to the shaft and a driving magnet and a sensing magnet which are coupled to the yoke, the sensing magnet includes a first sensing magnet and a second sensing magnet, a first pole and a second pole are alternately disposed on a first circumference of the first sensing magnet, and the second sensing magnet is disposed on a second circumference having a radius different from a radius of the first circumference and includes a first pole and a second pole of which a length in a circumferential direction is different from a length of the first pole of the second sensing magnet in the circumferential direction.

An electric machine includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor includes stacked laminations forming a rotor core. The rotor rotates relative to the stator about a central axis. The rotor core has an outer diameter. Each lamination includes a plurality of magnet slots. Each magnet slot includes a ferrite permanent magnet located therein, adjacent pairs of the ferrite permanent magnets defining a number of poles. Each of the laminations includes a plurality of non-circular rotor bar apertures spaced about the central axis of the rotor and disposed adjacent to and radially inward of the rotor outer diameter. A non-cylindrical rotor bar is disposed in each respective of the plurality of rotor bar apertures. The rotor bars are formed of a conductive material, wherein at least some of the plurality of rotor bars collectively form a rotor bar cage.

An electric machine includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor includes stacked laminations forming a rotor core. The rotor rotates relative to the stator about a central axis. The rotor core has an outer diameter. Each lamination includes a plurality of magnet slots. Each magnet slot includes a ferrite permanent magnet located therein, adjacent pairs of the ferrite permanent magnets defining a number of poles. Each of the laminations includes a plurality of non-circular rotor bar apertures spaced about the central axis of the rotor and disposed adjacent to and radially inward of the rotor outer diameter. A non-cylindrical rotor bar is disposed in each respective of the plurality of rotor bar apertures. The rotor bars are formed of a conductive material, wherein at least some of the plurality of rotor bars collectively form a rotor bar cage.

A brushless DC motor (BLDC) includes a stator having a ring-shaped body with multiple stator posts extending axially outward from the ring-shaped body. A plurality of stator windings are each wound about a corresponding one of the stator posts. A rotor support structure is positioned radially inward of the multiple stator posts. A rotor including a shaft is received in the rotor support structure. A first rotor disk is fixed to a first end of the shaft. At least a first set of magnets is disposed about the rotor disk and positioned radially adjacent to the stator posts such that the first set of magnets and the stator windings define a first radial flux flowpath. A second set of magnets positioned relative to the stator posts in one of an axial adjacency or a radial adjacency such that a second flux flowpath is defined.

A rotor for an electric machine includes a rotor body formed from a plurality of rotor laminations defining a first axial end and a second axial end. Each of the plurality of rotor laminations includes a plurality of openings that are aligned so as to define a plurality of passages through the rotor body. A plurality of reinforcement elements extend through the plurality of laminations. Each of the plurality of reinforcement elements is arranged in a corresponding one of the plurality of passages and includes a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion and the second end portion of select ones of the plurality of reinforcement elements extend outwardly of the first axial end and the second axial end. An end ring is positioned at the first axial end. The end ring is integrally formed with the select ones of the plurality of reinforcement elements.