An induction motor assembly includes an induction motor, and one or more switches coupled to selectively inhibit the supply of power from a power source to at least one of a main winding and an auxiliary winding of the motor. A control circuit is configured to obtain a main winding voltage value representative of a voltage across the main winding, receive an auxiliary winding voltage value according to a sensed voltage across the auxiliary winding, and determine at least one of a rotational speed of the induction motor and a load of the induction motor, according to the main winding voltage value and the auxiliary winding voltage value. The control circuit is configured to control switching operation of the one or more switches according to the determined rotational speed or the determined load, or generate a log of the determined rotational speed or the determined load in memory for monitoring.

An induction motor assembly includes an induction motor, and one or more switches coupled to selectively inhibit the supply of power from a power source to at least one of a main winding and an auxiliary winding of the motor. A control circuit is configured to obtain a main winding voltage value representative of a voltage across the main winding, receive an auxiliary winding voltage value according to a sensed voltage across the auxiliary winding, and determine at least one of a rotational speed of the induction motor and a load of the induction motor, according to the main winding voltage value and the auxiliary winding voltage value. The control circuit is configured to control switching operation of the one or more switches according to the determined rotational speed or the determined load, or generate a log of the determined rotational speed or the determined load in memory for monitoring.

A single-phase asynchronous motor (1) for a suction assembly of an extractor hood (5) comprises a stator (13) wherein a rotor is driven into rotation, a driving shaft (15) carrying a rotor (16) being integral with the latter for sucking smokes and vapors from a cooktop placed below the hood (5) and for sending them towards an output (8) of the hood, said stator (13) comprising a plurality of stator core laminations (22) provided with sixteen slots (30) containing metal electrical windings wherein current flows so as to generate a magnetic flux suitable for causing the rotation of the rotor. The stator has an outer diameter (D2) greater than 80 mm, the number of the slots (30) being sixteen, such slots having a unit surface of at least 70 mm.sup.2.

A single-phase asynchronous motor (1) for a suction assembly of an extractor hood (5) comprises a stator (13) wherein a rotor is driven into rotation, a driving shaft (15) carrying a rotor (16) being integral with the latter for sucking smokes and vapors from a cooktop placed below the hood (5) and for sending them towards an output (8) of the hood, said stator (13) comprising a plurality of stator core laminations (22) provided with sixteen slots (30) containing metal electrical windings wherein current flows so as to generate a magnetic flux suitable for causing the rotation of the rotor. The stator has an outer diameter (D2) greater than 80 mm, the number of the slots (30) being sixteen, such slots having a unit surface of at least 70 mm.sup.2.

A single phase induction motor includes a stator core having a stator yoke and a plurality of teeth extending toward a central opening. The plurality of teeth are spaced apart from one another and define multiple slots between the teeth for receiving windings of the single phase induction motor. The stator core includes a high permeability low coreloss (HPLC) steel having a relative permeability of greater than or equal to 3000 at 1.5 Tesla and 60 Hertz, and a coreloss of less than or equal to 1.75 watts/lb at 1.5 Tesla and 60 Hertz. The motor also includes multiple windings located within the plurality of slots and wrapped around the plurality of teeth of the stator core. Each of the multiple windings include aluminum wire. The motor further includes a rotor body located concentrically within the stator core and including an external surface that faces the stator core.

A single phase induction motor includes a stator core having a stator yoke and a plurality of teeth extending toward a central opening. The plurality of teeth are spaced apart from one another and define multiple slots between the teeth for receiving windings of the single phase induction motor. The stator core includes a high permeability low coreloss (HPLC) steel having a relative permeability of greater than or equal to 3000 at 1.5 Tesla and 60 Hertz, and a coreloss of less than or equal to 1.75 watts/lb at 1.5 Tesla and 60 Hertz. The motor also includes multiple windings located within the plurality of slots and wrapped around the plurality of teeth of the stator core. Each of the multiple windings include aluminum wire. The motor further includes a rotor body located concentrically within the stator core and including an external surface that faces the stator core.

An electric motor includes a cylindrical rotor with a plurality of wires parallel to the cylindrical axis nested between two cylinders of magnets in a stator. The cylinders of magnets may be a solid magnet, a plurality of bar magnets, a plurality of coils generating magnetic fields or other magnets or generated magnetic fields. A nested electric motor includes a first electric motor additionally including a first shaft, which first electric motor nests within the hollow center of a second larger electric motor additionally including a second shaft. The first shaft is coaxial with the second shaft.

A motor, a compressor and a refrigeration device are provided. The motor includes a stator and a rotor. The stator has a central hole and multiple stator slots arranged in an annular array centered on an axis of the central hole. The rotor is provided in the central hole. Multiple rotor slots are provided on the rotor, and are arranged in an annular array centered on the axis of the central hole and close to an edge of the rotor. A plane perpendicular to the axis of the central hole is a reference plane, a sum of projected areas of the stator slots on the reference plane is S1, a sum of projected areas of the rotor slots on the reference plane is S2, an outer periphery of the stator projected on the reference plane forms a projected pattern, and an area of the projected pattern is S3.

A single phase induction motor includes a stator core having a stator yoke and a plurality of teeth extending toward a central opening. The plurality of teeth are spaced apart from one another and define multiple slots between the teeth for receiving windings of the single phase induction motor. The stator core includes a high permeability low coreloss (HPLC) steel having a relative permeability of greater than or equal to 3000 at 1.5 Tesla and 60 Hertz, and a coreloss of less than or equal to 1.75 watts/lb at 1.5 Tesla and 60 Hertz. The motor also includes multiple windings located within the plurality of slots and wrapped around the plurality of teeth of the stator core. Each of the multiple windings include aluminum wire. The motor further includes a rotor body located concentrically within the stator core and including an external surface that faces the stator core.

A single phase induction motor includes a stator core having a stator yoke and a plurality of teeth extending toward a central opening. The plurality of teeth are spaced apart from one another and define multiple slots between the teeth for receiving windings of the single phase induction motor. The stator core includes a high permeability low coreloss (HPLC) steel having a relative permeability of greater than or equal to 3000 at 1.5 Tesla and 60 Hertz, and a coreloss of less than or equal to 1.75 watts/lb at 1.5 Tesla and 60 Hertz. The motor also includes multiple windings located within the plurality of slots and wrapped around the plurality of teeth of the stator core. Each of the multiple windings include aluminum wire. The motor further includes a rotor body located concentrically within the stator core and including an external surface that faces the stator core.