A rotating electric machine , and an electric wheel using the rotating electric machine, has a rotatably supported rotor and a stator separated by a prescribed gap from the rotor, wherein the rotor has a magnetic pole ring formed from a circular permanent magnet, and a core piece embedded in the permanent magnet. The magnetic pole ring has outer and inner peripheral surfaces formed in a ring shape, wherein one of the outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface is a gap-facing surface that faces the aforementioned gap, and the other is a non-gap-facing surface different from the gap-facing surface. The non-gap-facing surface of the magnetic pole ring is configured from the permanent magnet, the gap-facing surface of the magnetic pole ring is configured containing the permanent magnet and the exposed core piece, and the permanent magnet is magnetized such that the core piece is the magnetic center.

The present invention relates to an in-wheel motor. The in-wheel motor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a circular rim to which a tire is coupled by being wrapped around an outer ring thereof and a shaft is connected by passing through a center thereof; a motor assembly which is disposed in an inner portion of the rim and includes a stator connected to the shaft and a rotor disposed to be wrapped around the stator and configured to rotate; a cover coupled to cover one open side surface of the rim and configured to seal the inner portion of the rim; and a lead-out wire entry/exit portion waterproof structure configured to seal an entry/exit portion for a lead-out wire connected to supply power from outside of the in-wheel motor to the inner portion of the rim via a hollow portion of the shaft, wherein the lead-out wire entry/exit portion waterproof structure includes an elastic stopper, to which the lead-out wire is connected to pass through a center thereof and which is configured to be elastically contracted after being inserted into the hollow portion of the shaft in an axial direction and seal between the hollow portion of the shaft and the lead-out wire, and a stopper fixing body fastened to the shaft and configured to press the elastic stopper in the axial direction so that the elastic stopper is inserted and fixed inside the hollow portion of the shaft.

A projectile includes a body and a power generator secured to the body. The power generator includes a stator and a ring including at least one magnet and extending radially around and freely rotatable about at least a portion of the stator. A power generator for a projectile is also provided.

An electromagnetic propulsion system is provided. The system comprises first and second pluralities of stator coils wound about first and second axes, a plurality of support structures, first and second couplers that surround portions of the first and second pluralities of stator coils, and first and second pluralities of sets of rotor coils wound about axes that are parallel to the first and second axes. The stator coils are configured to receive electric current through an outside controller selecting appropriately coupled stator sections or through a sliding electrical contact system or bearing system to induce at least a first magnetic field. The plurality of support structures supports the first and second plurality of stator coils. The first and second couplers include notches and are oriented so that their notches pass over the plurality of support structures when the couplers move along the stator coils. The couplers may have an adjustable segment to close the notch. The sets of rotor coils are equidistantly attached to the couplers and are configured to receive electric current to induce magnetic fields that interact with the magnetic fields of the stator coils so that magnetic forces are applied to the plurality of rotor coils, thereby propelling the couplers along the stator coils.

A stator includes a first sleeve extending in an axial direction and a first stator core on an outer periphery of the first sleeve. The first stator core includes a lower core and an upper core on a side of the lower core opposed to a first end of the axial direction. The lower core includes a lower annular portion with an annular shape and lower pole teeth protruding radially outward from a radially outer end surface of the lower annular portion and extending to a second end of the axial direction. The upper core includes an upper annular portion with an annular shape arranged on the lower annular portion opposed to the first end of the axial direction to overlap the lower annular portion, and upper pole teeth protruding radially outward from a radially outer end surface of the upper annular portion and extending to the second end of the axial direction. Each of the lower pole teeth and each of the upper pole teeth are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction.

A stator includes a first sleeve extending in an axial direction and a first stator core on an outer periphery of the first sleeve. The first stator core includes a lower core and an upper core on a side of the lower core opposed to a first end of the axial direction. The lower core includes a lower annular portion with an annular shape and lower pole teeth protruding radially outward from a radially outer end surface of the lower annular portion and extending to a second end of the axial direction. The upper core includes an upper annular portion with an annular shape arranged on the lower annular portion opposed to the first end of the axial direction to overlap the lower annular portion, and upper pole teeth protruding radially outward from a radially outer end surface of the upper annular portion and extending to the second end of the axial direction. Each of the lower pole teeth and each of the upper pole teeth are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction.

A power transmission device includes a plurality of power transfer pins mutually corresponding to a tooth shape formed on an outer gear to move the outer gear and having an arrangement structure of a circular shape; a pin rotation support portion connected to the plurality of power transfer pins and rotatably supporting the plurality of power transfer pins; and an external rotor motor portion arranged inside in a radial direction of the pin rotation support portion and connected to the pin rotation support portion, and generating rotational power to rotate the pin rotation support portion arranged outside.

An modular apparatus for generating electrical power in a borehole penetrating the earth includes a body comprising first and second mechanical connectors at opposing ends and first and second electrical connectors at the opposing ends, the mechanical connectors and the electrical connectors being configured to connect with the same type of corresponding connectors on another modular apparatus when the modular apparatus and the another modular apparatus are stacked together. The modular apparatus further includes: an electrical generator having a rotor and stator in mechanical communication with the first and second mechanical connectors and in electrical communication with the first and second electrical connectors; and a turbine wheel coupled to or integrated with the rotor and comprising one or more turbine blades that are configured to interact with fluid flowing through the borehole causing the turbine wheel to rotate and the rotor to rotate in order to generate the electrical power.

A motor includes a stationary unit and a rotary unit. The rotary unit includes a shaft, a magnet, and a rotor holder for holding the magnet on an inner circumferential surface thereof The rotor holder includes a top surface portion extending in a direction orthogonal to a center axis, a first surface portion extending radially outward from a radial outer end portion of the top surface portion, a second surface portion positioned axially below the top surface portion and having an outer diameter larger than an outer diameter of the first surface portion, a first connecting portion arranged to connect a radial outer end portion of the first surface portion and a radial outer end portion of the second surface portion, and a second connecting portion arranged to connect the radial outer end portion of the top surface portion and a radial inner end portion of the second surface portion.

A stator unit includes a base member including a bearing housing extending along a rotation axis, a stator fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the bearing housing, and a molding resin part covering the stator. The stator includes a stator core having teeth protruding radially outward, an insulator for partially covering a surface of the stator core, and coils. A non-sealed space connected to an external space of the stator unit and a sealed space connected to an internal space of the stator unit are opposed through a contact location where the bearing housing or the base member makes contact with the molding resin part or the insulator. An angle α of the non-sealed space and an angle β of the sealed space opposed to each other through the contact location in a cross section including the rotation axis are set to satisfy a relationship of α>β.