Patent classifications
F16C32/0495
Mixed flux motor with integrated journal and thrust bearings
An assembly includes a rotor shaft extending in an axial direction along a center axis of the assembly and a flange extending radially outward from the rotor shaft and circumferentially around the rotor shaft. An axial flux motor extends circumferentially around the rotor shaft. The axial flux motor includes an array of magnets, a stator support structure, and a plurality of coils. The array of magnets extending circumferentially around the rotor shaft. The stator support structure extends circumferentially around the rotor shaft and faces the flange. The plurality of coils extends circumferentially around the rotor shaft and faces the array of magnets in the axial direction. Each coil of the plurality of coils includes bearing windings and torque generating windings on the stator support structure. Both the bearing windings and the torque generating windings face the array of magnets in the axial direction.