A power transmission apparatus, which is disposed on a power transmission path from an output shaft of an internal combustion engine to a transmission in a vehicle, is provided with a rotating electrical machine including a rotor and a stator. The rotor is coupled to a synchronous rotating member that rotates synchronously with the output shaft of the internal combustion engine, and takes a central axis of the output shaft of the internal combustion engine as a rotating shaft. The stator is fixed to a fixing member on a non-rotating side with respect to the synchronous rotating member, and faces the rotor with a first gap therebetween.

A rotating electric machine includes a non-rotating member, a stator fixed to the non-rotating member, a field coil fixed to the non-rotating member, disposed on an inner diameter side of the stator, and having an iron core and a winding wound around the iron core, and a rotor rotatably disposed between the stator and the field coil. The rotor includes a first rotor portion and a second rotor portion. The rotating electric machine further comprises a positioning member disposed in each of the first gap, the second gap, and the third gap to position each of the first rotor portion and the second rotor portion in the circumferential direction and the extending direction.

A magneto ignition system for battery less hand-held combustion engines includes a claw generator with a stationary circular power coil winding enclosed by two iron claw halves and with a rotating flywheel magnet ring with multiple magnetic poles. The stationary circular coil winding includes a trigger coil with a stationary coil winding arranged in a plane orthogonal to the stationary circular power coil winding. The magneto ignition system further includes an engine control module ECM for establishment of appropriate ignition timing, and an ignition coil module ICM. The stationary circular power coil winding may provide the electrical power supply to both the ignition timing module ECM and the ignition coil module ICM.

A magneto ignition system for battery less hand-held combustion engines includes a claw generator with a stationary circular power coil winding enclosed by two iron claw halves and with a rotating flywheel magnet ring with multiple magnetic poles. The stationary circular coil winding includes a trigger coil with a stationary coil winding arranged in a plane orthogonal to the stationary circular power coil winding. The magneto ignition system further includes an engine control module ECM for establishment of appropriate ignition timing, and an ignition coil module ICM. The stationary circular power coil winding may provide the electrical power supply to both the ignition timing module ECM and the ignition coil module ICM.

A rotary electrical machine includes a stator, a field core, a rotor, and first and second air gaps. The stator includes an AC coil that generates a rotating magnetic field with an alternating current. The field core includes a field coil excited by a direct current. The rotor is disposed on an outer circumference of a starting apparatus and held rotatably about a rotational axis relative to the stator and the field coil. The first air gap is formed between the stator and the rotor, and allows a magnetic flux to flow therebetween. The second air gap is formed between the field core and the rotor, and allows a magnetic flux to flow therebetween. The second air gap defines an interval extending along a direction that intersects an axial direction of the rotational axis on one end surface of the rotor in the axial direction of the rotational axis.

A brushless winding field type rotary electric machine between a starting device and a stationary case, having a stator held in the case and internally equipped with an AC coil generating a rotating magnetic field by an AC current; a field core held in the case and internally equipped with a field coil excited by a DC current; a rotor disposed around the starting device outer periphery and rotatable with respect to the stator and the field coil; a first air gap formed between the stator and the rotor, delivering a magnetic flux between the two; a second air gap formed between the field core and the rotor, delivering a magnetic flux between the two. The second air gap has an inclined section inclined with respect to a rotation shaft axial direction so that the rotor radially outer portion is positioned on the radially outer side than the field core.

In a rotating electric machine, a rotor includes a field core, a field coil and permanent magnets. The field core has a boss portion and claw-shaped magnetic pole portions. Each of the permanent magnets is arranged between one circumferentially-adjacent pair of the claw-shaped magnetic pole portions. A d-axis magnetic circuit and a magnet magnetic circuit share a magnetic path in at least parts thereof. Along the d-axis magnetic circuit, magnetic flux generated by the magnetomotive force of the field coil flows through the boss portion, one pair of the claw-shaped magnetic pole portions and a stator core. Along the magnet magnetic circuit, magnetic flux generated by the magnetic force of a corresponding one of the permanent magnets flows. The relationship of Ast>Af is satisfied, where Ast is a magnetic path cross-sectional area of a stator and Af is a magnetic path cross-sectional area of the rotor.

A rotor with four axially stacked rotor cores, and a plurality of field magnets interposed between them. Each rotor core includes a rotor-side claw-shaped magnetic pole. Each rotor-side claw-shaped magnetic poles are respectively extending from and formed on each rotor core at equal angle intervals. Tip end surfaces of the first and third rotor-side claw-shaped magnetic pole abut against or are closely opposed to each other axially. Tip end surfaces of the second and fourth rotor-side claw-shaped magnetic poles abut against or are closely opposed to each other in the axial direction. The plurality of field magnets are magnetized in the axial direction such that the field magnets causes the first and third rotor-side claw-shaped magnetic poles to function as first magnetic poles, and cause the second and fourth rotor-side claw-shaped magnetic poles to function as second magnetic poles.

A rotating electric machine includes a non-rotating member, a stator fixed to the non-rotating member, a field coil fixed to the non-rotating member, disposed on an inner diameter side of the stator, and having an iron core and a winding wound around the iron core, and a rotor rotatably disposed between the stator and the field coil. The rotor includes a first rotor portion and a second rotor portion. The rotating electric machine further comprises a positioning member disposed in each of the first gap, the second gap, and the third gap to position each of the first rotor portion and the second rotor portion in the circumferential direction and the extending direction.

A brushless winding field type rotary electric machine equipped with a stator, a field core having a field coil, and a rotor. The field coil is in parallel with the rotor in the rotary member rotation shaft axial direction. The rotor has first and second magnetic poles respectively having first and second annular sections and first and second pawl sections, and an annular-shaped rotor core having first and second fitting sections into which the first and second pawl sections are respectively fitted, the first and second fitting sections being provided alternately along the circumferential direction, and the rotor core having through hollow sections each disposed between the first and second fitting sections. The first magnetic pole and the second magnetic pole are fixed to the rotor core without making contact with each other and the rotor core is constituted by stacking electromagnetic steel sheets in the axial direction.