The present invention relates to an energy harvester, including: a base; an electromagnetic coil fixed in the base; a disk-shaped stator magnet fixed at the center of the base; a friction plate fixing ring fixed on the base; at least one friction plate unit fixed on an inner side surface of the friction plate fixing ring; a disk-shaped rotor magnet whose bottom is in contact with the electromagnetic coil, wherein the disk-shaped rotor magnet is attracted and held to the disk-shaped stator magnet, and an outer surface of the disk-shaped rotor magnet is tangent to an outer surface of the disk-shaped stator magnet; and an annular friction plate fixed on the disk-shaped rotor magnet, wherein the annular friction plate and a friction plate are made of materials with different polarities. The foregoing energy harvester has a simple structure and high electrical energy output efficiency.

Provided are a stack-type stator having coil patterns patterned on a multi-layer substrate, and a motor and a blower for an air purification system using the stator. A stack-type stator includes: a multi-layer substrate having first through holes; coil patterns formed on the respective substrates of the multi-layer substrate and spirally patterned to surround the first through holes and to form a plurality of turns; a stator yoke disposed at a lower portion of the multi-layer substrate and having second through holes at positions corresponding to the first through holes; and divided cores each having one side protruding above the coil patterns formed on the uppermost layer of the multi-layer substrate and the other side being coupled to one of the second through holes through one of the first through holes.

According to an aspect there is provided a motor (1) for a personal care device (10). The motor (1) comprises: a stator (2) comprising a stator surface; a rotor (3) comprising a rotor surface disposed opposite the stator surface; and a spacer (4) projecting between the stator surface and the rotor surface so as to define a minimum airgap between the stator (2) and the rotor (3). The spacer (4) is disposed on or at one of the rotor surface and the stator surface, and has a contact surface configured to engage with the other one of the rotor surface and the stator surface.

According to an aspect there is provided a motor (1) for a personal care device (10). The motor (1) comprises: a stator (2) comprising a stator surface; a rotor (3) comprising a rotor surface disposed opposite the stator surface; and a spacer (4) projecting between the stator surface and the rotor surface so as to define a minimum airgap between the stator (2) and the rotor (3). The spacer (4) is disposed on or at one of the rotor surface and the stator surface, and has a contact surface configured to engage with the other one of the rotor surface and the stator surface.

A conventional axial gap rotary electric machine does not consider winding movement caused by resin molding in the vicinity of a lead-out part provided to a housing. In order to solve the problem, the axial gap rotary electric machine according to the present invention includes a stator which is formed by circularly arranging a plurality of core units having coils about a rotation shaft and which has a connecting wire that fastens, for each layer, coil rising wires from the plurality of core units, and the axial gap rotary electric machine has a configuration in which: the housing has a lead-out part through which the connecting wire is taken out to the outside of the housing; and the stator is arranged such that the region where the coil rising wire from the core unit is fastened with the connecting wire is located so as to avoid the region opposed to the lead-out part, the stator being integrally molded.

An electric machine includes a rotor, a stator, and an air gap formed between a magnetic device of the rotor and the stator. For the selective setting of the air gap, movement devices implemented by piezoelectric stacks are provided on the rotor and/or on the stator. The movement devices may influence radial positions of the respective magnetic device and thus set the radial air gap width. It is thereby possible to exert open-loop and/or closed-loop control over a power or torque of the electric machine without adjusting stator currents. Vibration or unbalance of the rotor may also be counteracted quickly and effectively during operation of the machine.

A vertical axis wind turbine with improved safety, production efficiency and greater functional wind speed range. A vertical axis wind turbine comprises turbine blades having geometric characteristics of a yin yang symbol when viewed from the top down. The turbine blades are configured to form a scoop portion for catching wind. The surface area of the scoop portion may be dynamically configured to accommodate power production in higher wind speed ranges by dynamically furling the blades to reduce the surface area of the scoop portion as RPM begins to exceed a safe limit. First and second permanent magnet rotor arrays are dynamically positioned above and below an array of stator coils to maximize power generation.

An axial flux electric machine includes a rotor assembly rotatable about an axis, and a stator assembly. The stator assembly includes a stator face defining an air gap along an axial direction with the rotor assembly, the stator assembly further including a yoke, the yoke including a back surface, the back surface defining an inwardly sloped angle with the radial direction greater than two degrees.

A vertical axis wind turbine with improved safety, production efficiency and greater functional wind speed range. A vertical axis wind turbine comprises turbine blades having geometric characteristics of a yin yang symbol when viewed from the top down. The turbine blades are configured to form a scoop portion for catching wind. The surface area of the scoop portion may be dynamically configured to accommodate power production in higher wind speed ranges by dynamically furling the blades to reduce the surface area of the scoop portion as RPM begins to exceed a safe limit. First and second permanent magnet rotor arrays are dynamically positioned above and below an array of stator coils to maximize power generation.

A magnetic motor comprising a rotating flywheel coupled to rotate a drive output shaft within a support cage. Multiple permanent magnets extend directionally from the flywheel. Pairs of positionally fixed electro-magnets extend from the cage effacing platforms for sequential selective magnetic interaction with permanent magnets rotatable driving the flywheel and the drive output shaft.