A magnet arrangement method in which magnetized magnets arranged in a Halbach array can be arranged at preset positions with a high accuracy is provided. The method includes an arrangement process of arranging a plurality of magnetized magnets in an arrangement jig made of a magnetic body, in which, in the arrangement process, a size of an area that the arrangement jig contacts a preset magnetized magnet is made different from a size of an area that the arrangement jig contacts another magnetized magnet.

A magnet arrangement method in which magnetized magnets arranged in a Halbach array can be arranged at preset positions with a high accuracy is provided. The method includes an arrangement process of arranging a plurality of magnetized magnets in an arrangement jig made of a magnetic body, in which, in the arrangement process, a size of an area that the arrangement jig contacts a preset magnetized magnet is made different from a size of an area that the arrangement jig contacts another magnetized magnet.

A rotary electric machine according to the present disclosure provides a rotary electric machine including: a rotor; and a concentrated winding stator arranged coaxially to the rotor, in which the number of teeth of the concentrated winding stator is set to be a value where an integer which is multiple of 3 between adjacent prime numbers in a prime number sequence is multiplied by 2 and the number of poles of the rotor is set to be a value where any prime number between the adjacent prime numbers is multiplied by 2.

A rotary electric machine according to the present disclosure provides a rotary electric machine including: a rotor; and a concentrated winding stator arranged coaxially to the rotor, in which the number of teeth of the concentrated winding stator is set to be a value where an integer which is multiple of 3 between adjacent prime numbers in a prime number sequence is multiplied by 2 and the number of poles of the rotor is set to be a value where any prime number between the adjacent prime numbers is multiplied by 2.

A rotating electrical machine includes a rotor and a magnet unit. The rotating electrical machine also includes a cylindrical stator and a housing. The stator is equipped with a stator winding made up of a plurality of phase windings. The stator is arranged coaxially with the rotor and faces the rotor. The housing has the rotor and the stator disposed therein. The rotor includes a cylindrical magnet retainer to which the magnet unit is secured and an intermediate portion which connects between a rotating shaft of the rotor and the magnet retainer and extends in a radial direction of the rotating shaft. A first region located radially inside an inner peripheral surface of a magnetic circuit component made up of the stator and the rotor is greater in volume than a second region between the inner peripheral surface of the magnetic circuit component and the housing in the radial direction.

A motor comprising a HALBACH array and an apparatus comprising the motor, the motor including an assembly of a stator and a rotator, a plurality of tooth structures and groove structures are formed on the opposite surfaces of the stator and the rotator. The motor further includes a plurality of HALBACH array permanent magnet units distributed in the plurality of grooves of the stator and/or the rotator. By using the above motor, the plurality of HALBACH array permanent magnet units are respectively distributed in the grooves of the stator and/or the rotator to form a simple HALBACH array arrangement, therefore the torque density of the motor can be improved, the mass production of the permanent magnet can be facilitated, the production cost can be reduced, and the installation can be facilitated and not easily damaged.

Aircraft and aircraft electric motors include a rotor assembly comprising a plurality of magnets arranged on a magnet support, an output shaft operably coupled to the rotor assembly, and a stator comprising a support structure and at least one winding wrapped about a plurality of stator teeth, the stator configured to generate an electromagnetic field to cause rotation of the rotor assembly. The magnets are configured in sets arranged circumferentially about the rotor assembly, with each set having a cut-out notch at opposite ends of each set in the circumferential direction and wherein the cut-out notch is at least partially formed in an in-pole magnetization magnet having a radial orientation magnetization.

A rotating electrical machine includes a rotor and a magnet unit. The rotating electrical machine also includes a cylindrical stator and a housing. The stator is equipped with a stator winding made up of a plurality of phase windings. The stator is arranged coaxially with the rotor and faces the rotor. The housing has the rotor and the stator disposed therein. The rotor includes a cylindrical magnet retainer to which the magnet unit is secured and an intermediate portion which connects between a rotating shaft of the rotor and the magnet retainer and extends in a radial direction of the rotating shaft. A first region located radially inside an inner peripheral surface of a magnetic circuit component made up of the stator and the rotor is greater in volume than a second region between the inner peripheral surface of the magnetic circuit component and the housing in the radial direction.

A dual-rotor machine comprising a dual rotor support structure rotatably connected to a frame. A stationary stator is disposed between the rotors and is fixed to the frame. An inner rotor and outer rotor, each comprising a permanent magnet Halbach array, are coaxially disposed with the stator and are rotable about the stator. In this configuration, the inner rotor channels its magnetic flux to its outside, while the outer rotor channels its magnetic flux to its inside. The magnetic flux density at the stator for the dual-rotor machine can be as high as 2 Tesla or higher for high-grade neodymium-iron-boron permanent magnet material, and the stored magnetic energy for conversion to mechanical or electrical energy available to the stator may be at least 0.5 kJ/m. The rotor Halbach arrays may comprise monolithic permanent magnets with continuously variable magnetic field direction.

A dual-rotor machine comprising a dual rotor support structure rotatably connected to a frame. A stationary stator is disposed between the rotors and is fixed to the frame. An inner rotor and outer rotor, each comprising a permanent magnet Halbach array, are coaxially disposed with the stator and are rotable about the stator. In this configuration, the inner rotor channels its magnetic flux to its outside, while the outer rotor channels its magnetic flux to its inside. The magnetic flux density at the stator for the dual-rotor machine can be as high as 2 Tesla or higher for high-grade neodymium-iron-boron permanent magnet material, and the stored magnetic energy for conversion to mechanical or electrical energy available to the stator may be at least 0.5 kJ/m. The rotor Halbach arrays may comprise monolithic permanent magnets with continuously variable magnetic field direction.