Construction of a permanent magnet rotor assembly having a plurality of magnetic poles and comprising a number of magnetic pole pieces arranged in circular array. Two sets of permanent magnets—one set magnetised in circumferential direction of the rotor and the second set providing flux in axial direction of rotor, generating a magnetic flux focused through the pole piece and interacting with the magnetic flux of the stator. End-plates made of magnetic material are present such there is an axial gap between the them and the array of magnetic pole pieces. Circumferentially magnetised magnets are placed in the circumferential gaps between the pole pieces, whereas the magnets providing flux in axial direction are placed in the gaps between the array of pole pieces and end-plates.

A rotor for an electric motor includes a rotor shaft mounted for rotation about an axis; a lamination stack coaxially mounted on the rotor shaft, the lamination stack having internal cavities; permanent magnets housed inside the internal cavities of the lamination stack; and at least one flange mounted axially on the rotor shaft. The at least one flange includes at least one rod extending axially inside an orifice formed axially in the lamination stack. The at least one rod is provided with at least one rod sensor. An electric motor having a rotor of the aforementioned type is also related.

A permanent magnet carrier, which could be a rotor or stator of an electric machine, includes a first non-magnetic ring and a second non-magnetic ring. Between the rings are soft magnetic pole elements. The soft magnetic pole elements each connect to the first and second non-magnetic rings and the soft magnetic pole elements are separated from each other by the first and second non-magnetic rings. Permanent magnets are disposed between the soft magnetic pole elements.

A rotor that is downsized while achieving high output of the electric motor is provided. The rotor includes a plurality of main magnets and a plurality of auxiliary magnets. The auxiliary magnets are fit into a plurality of respective grooves formed along a rotation shaft direction in an outer periphery of a rotation shaft arranged at the center of the rotor, are projected from the outer periphery of the rotation shaft to an outer side of a radial direction, and have a magnetization direction along a circumferential direction of the rotor. Magnetic field directions of the auxiliary magnets that are adjacent to each other are opposite to each other in the circumferential direction. The main magnets are arranged in projected parts of the auxiliary magnets that are adjacent to each other and have a magnetization direction that is along the radial direction of the rotor.

A rotor is provided, and is used in a permanent-magnet motor. The rotor includes a rotating shaft (111) and a rotor iron core (112) sleeved on the rotating shaft (111). The rotor further includes several first permanent-magnet structures (14), the several first permanent-magnet structures (14) are distributed on the rotor iron core (112) in a circumferential direction of the rotor iron core (112), each first permanent-magnet structure (14) includes a first permanent magnet (141) and a second permanent magnet (142) that are disposed in a radial direction of the rotor iron core (112), and coercive force of the first permanent magnet (141) is less than coercive force of the second permanent magnet (142).

A rotor for a rotary electric machine that rotates with respect to an axis of rotation, includes a body and permanent magnets. The body includes a plurality of rotor teeth defining cavities in which the permanent magnets are accommodated, each rotor tooth including at least one holding part. The holding part includes a holding portion having a holding face against which a radially outermost face of the permanent magnet bears, a wing remote from the radially outermost face and in the circumferential continuation of the holding portion.

A multi-phase electric machine may include a stator, and a rotor for rotating within the stator, the rotor including poles having combination magnet pieces with varying strengths and dimensions creating a non-sinusoidal back EMF. In one aspect, a multi-phase electric machine may include a stator, and a rotor for spinning within the stator, the rotor includes a plurality of poles having magnet assemblies includes at least a low strength magnet and a high strength magnet therein for creating a non-sinusoidal back EMF. In other aspects, a multi-phase electric machine of the present disclosure includes a stator, and a rotor for spinning within the stator, the rotor including a plurality of poles having magnet assemblies includes at least a first magnet and second magnet therein for creating a non-sinusoidal back EMF wherein a strength ratio of the first magnet and second magnet greater than the absolute value of 1.

A rotor assembly for an electric motor includes a rotor core that is fabricated from a plurality of stacked laminations. The rotor core has a plurality of arcuately arranged, axially extending magnet receiving slots. The rotor core includes a plurality of magnets received in respective ones of the magnet receiving slots. The laminations include radially extending deflectable magnet retaining tabs that extend into the magnet receiving slots. The magnet retaining tabs engage and are deflected by a corresponding one of the magnets to exert a reactive force against the magnets.

In an embodiment, disclosed is a motor comprising: a stator; a rotor disposed to correspond to the stator; and a shaft coupled to the rotor, wherein the rotor comprises: a rotor core including a yoke and a plurality of rotor teeth arranged on the yoke so as to spaced apart in the circumferential direction; a plurality of magnets arranged between the rotor teeth; and a can disposed on the rotor core on which the plurality of magnets are arranged, the can includes a first can having a hole and a second can having a protruding part coupled to the hole, and the protruding part is disposed to face the outer surface of the magnet. Therefore, the motor uses the protruding part of the can so as to inhibit the separation of the magnets, inhibit the leakage of flux, and be implemented to be more compact than a conventional spoke-type motor. In addition, the motor can inhibit the leakage of magnetic flux that flows toward the shaft.

An electric power generator comprises a rotor and a plurality of stators arranged coaxially and concentrically about a central axis. A first stator is provided concentrically around and adjacent to the rotor, the rotor and the first stator being separated by a rotor-stator airgap and a second stator is provided concentrically around and adjacent to the first stator, the first and second stators being separated by a stator-stator airgap. The rotor includes a plurality of magnetic pole structures configured to provide or generate a plurality of magnetic poles and a radially outer surface of each of the magnetic pole structures is curved with an average radius of curvature which is less than an average distance between the outer surface and the central axis. The rotor-stator airgap thus varies circumferentially in distance, with a shortest distance being at a circumferential centre of each of the magnetic pole structures and longest distance being at circumferential ends of each of the magnetic pole structures. The stator-stator airgap is of uniform thickness.