A rotor for an electrical axial flux machine that can be operated as a motor and/or generator includes a support, a plurality of magnet elements arranged against, on, or in the support and running radially from the interior outward. The magnet elements are magnetized in a circumferential direction and arranged individually or in groups in series around the circumference with alternating opposing magnetization directions. A plurality of flux conduction elements which conduct the magnetic flux are arranged against, on, or in the support and around the circumference, between the magnet elements. At least one conduction element arranged between two magnet elements is formed by a plurality of individual flux conduction elements, the individual flux conduction elements being formed such that they conduct the magnetic flux tangentially in a circumferential direction and block the flux in a radial direction

A motor rotor includes an iron core. A mounting groove is recessed from an end surface of the iron core and extends in a direction from a middle of the iron core to an outer peripheral surface of the iron core. The motor rotor further includes a first magnet and a second magnet embedded in the mounting groove and arranged at an interval along an extension direction of the mounting groove. The first magnet is fixed at a radial outer side of the second magnet. A magnetization direction of each of the first magnet and the second magnet is perpendicular to the extension direction of the mounting groove. A coercive force of the first magnet being greater than a coercive force of the second magnet.

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.

An axial flux electric motor for an automobile includes a stator assembly, and a rotor assembly, the rotor assembly including a plurality of lamination blocks arranged in an annular pattern, a plurality of conductive wedges, one conductive wedge being positioned between each adjacent pair of lamination blocks, the plurality of lamination blocks and the plurality of conductive wedges defining a rotor core disk having an inner diameter and outer diameter and opposing axial faces, and a plurality of permanent magnets attached to one of the opposing axial faces of the rotor core disk.

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 two degree-of-freedom brushless DC motor includes a stator, a rotor, a plurality of distributed stator windings, and a stator voice coil winding. The stator includes an inner stator structure and a plurality of arc-shaped stator poles. The inner stator structure includes a main body and a plurality of spokes that are spaced apart from each other to define a plurality of stator slots. Each arc-shaped stator pole is connected to a different one of the spokes. The rotor is spaced apart from the stator, includes a plurality of magnets, and is configured to rotate about a plurality of perpendicular axes. The distributed stator windings are wound around the plurality of spokes and extend through the stator slots. The stator voice coil winding is wound around the outer surfaces of the arc-shaped stator poles. The arc-shape and spacing of the stator poles define the stator as being spherically shaped.

A two degree-of-freedom brushless DC motor includes a stator, a rotor, a plurality of distributed stator windings, and a stator voice coil winding. The stator includes an inner stator structure and a plurality of arc-shaped stator poles. The inner stator structure includes a main body and a plurality of spokes that are spaced apart from each other to define a plurality of stator slots. Each arc-shaped stator pole is connected to a different one of the spokes. The rotor is spaced apart from the stator, includes a plurality of magnets, and is configured to rotate about a plurality of perpendicular axes. The distributed stator windings are wound around the plurality of spokes and extend through the stator slots. The stator voice coil winding is wound around the outer surfaces of the arc-shaped stator poles. The arc-shape and spacing of the stator poles define the stator as being spherically shaped.

A permanent magnet motor is provided, including: a stator and a rotor. The stator has a plurality of windings. The rotor has a plurality of magnet placement slots and a plurality of air gaps. The plurality of magnet placement slots include a plurality of circumferential magnet placement slots circumferentially arranged and a plurality of radial magnet placement slots radially extending. The circumferential magnet placement slots and the radial magnet placement slots are circumferentially alternately arranged. The plurality of air gaps are adjacent to part of the plurality of magnet placement slots and distributed to be on a d-axis flux path of the rotor.

A drive motor includes a stator having an accommodating space and a rotor rotatably provided in the accommodating space and rotated by a magnetic interaction with the stator, wherein the rotor includes a rotor core into which a magnetic member is inserted and first and second flux barriers formed to penetrate through the rotor core and extending along a circumferential direction of the rotor core from both sides of the magnetic member, wherein a length of the first flux barrier and a length of the second flux barrier are different from each other.

A drive motor includes a stator having an accommodating space and a rotor rotatably provided in the accommodating space and rotated by a magnetic interaction with the stator, wherein the rotor includes a rotor core into which a magnetic member is inserted and first and second flux barriers formed to penetrate through the rotor core and extending along a circumferential direction of the rotor core from both sides of the magnetic member, wherein a length of the first flux barrier and a length of the second flux barrier are different from each other.