To provide a rotary electric machine apparatus which can perform current control which reduces a torque ripple component effectively, using a rotary electric machine in which the permanent magnet of the rotor has the skew structure which shifts the magnetic pole position in the circumferential direction at each position in the axial direction. When defining, as the current vector of most advanced phase, a current vector of current command values calculated on the dq-axis rotating coordinate system of most advanced phase, and defining, as the current vector of middle phase, a current vector of current command values calculated on the dq-axis rotating coordinate system of middle phase, the rotary electric machine apparatus brings a controlling current vector close to the current vector of most advanced phase from the current vector of middle phase, as the winding currents increase.

To provide a rotary electric machine apparatus which can perform current control which reduces a torque ripple component effectively, using a rotary electric machine in which the permanent magnet of the rotor has the skew structure which shifts the magnetic pole position in the circumferential direction at each position in the axial direction. When defining, as the current vector of most advanced phase, a current vector of current command values calculated on the dq-axis rotating coordinate system of most advanced phase, and defining, as the current vector of middle phase, a current vector of current command values calculated on the dq-axis rotating coordinate system of middle phase, the rotary electric machine apparatus brings a controlling current vector close to the current vector of most advanced phase from the current vector of middle phase, as the winding currents increase.

The disclosed embodiments describe a partially caged rotor for use in an interior permanent magnet motor and techniques for fabricating thereof. In some embodiments, a caged rotor includes: a rotor core having a shaft; a rotor cage comprising a plurality of conductor bars; and a plurality of permanent magnets at least partially disposed inside a plurality of mounting holes of the core, the plurality of permanent magnets and the plurality of mounting holes forming a plurality of cavities inside the core; wherein each conductor bar is disposed at a respective cavity of the plurality of cavities such that the plurality of conductor bars is of a number greater or equal to 8 and less or equal to 64.

A rotor assembly for use in a radial flux electric motor assembly includes a rotor core having a plurality of rotor poles circumferentially spaced about a central axis, wherein the rotor core includes a first end and an opposing second end. The rotor assembly further includes a plurality of core magnets alternately spaced with the plurality of rotor poles. The plurality of rotor poles define a radial aperture between each pair of circumferentially adjacent rotor poles, and each radial aperture is configured to receive at least one core magnet of the plurality of core magnets therein. A plurality of end magnets are coupled to at least one of the first end and the second end, and at least one end plate coupled to the plurality of end magnets.

An electric vehicle with magnetic induction power generating device includes an vehicle body, at least one battery pack installed inside the vehicle body, at least one power generation device electrically coupled to the at least one battery pack for providing electricity, a transmission device placed between the battery pack and the power generating device, and at least one motor for driving the electric vehicle, wherein the at least one power generating device can be coupled to at least one free-running wheel of the vehicle for converting a rotating energy of the at least one free-running wheel into electricity.

An electric vehicle with magnetic induction power generating device includes an vehicle body, at least one battery pack installed inside the vehicle body, at least one power generation device electrically coupled to the at least one battery pack for providing electricity, a transmission device placed between the battery pack and the power generating device, and at least one motor for driving the electric vehicle, wherein the at least one power generating device can be coupled to at least one free-running wheel of the vehicle for converting a rotating energy of the at least one free-running wheel into electricity.

Disclosed is a motor or generator comprises a rotor and a stator, wherein the rotor has an axis of rotation and is configured to generate first magnetic flux parallel to the axis of rotation, the stator is configured to generate second magnetic flux parallel to the axis of rotation, and at least one of the rotor or the stator is configured to generate a magnetic flux profile that is non-uniformly distributed about the axis of rotation. Also disclosed is a method that involves arranging one or more magnetic flux producing windings of a stator non-uniformly about an axis of rotation of a rotor of an axial flux motor or generator.

Disclosed is a motor or generator comprises a rotor and a stator, wherein the rotor has an axis of rotation and is configured to generate first magnetic flux parallel to the axis of rotation, the stator is configured to generate second magnetic flux parallel to the axis of rotation, and at least one of the rotor or the stator is configured to generate a magnetic flux profile that is non-uniformly distributed about the axis of rotation. Also disclosed is a method that involves arranging one or more magnetic flux producing windings of a stator non-uniformly about an axis of rotation of a rotor of an axial flux motor or generator.

An interior permanent magnet electric motor forms a buried angle of a left permanent magnet of a slot part of a rotor differently from a buried angle of a right permanent magnet of the slot part of the rotor, so as to reduce torque ripple while sufficiently maintaining motor efficiency as compared to an I-type rotor to effectively improve noise, vibration, and harshness performance.

A rotor assembly for a permanent magnet motor includes a rotor stack of laminated ferromagnetic layers and partial end plates at opposite axial ends of the rotor stack wherein each axial end of the rotor bears two partial end plates, each of which covers a partial circle and does not axially overlap with the other one of the partial end plates at the same axial end. The two partial end plates of each axial end are formed by a first axial end plate shaped as a first partial ring disc and a second partial end plate shaped as a second partial ring disc that are made of stamped metal and that are of different mass.