A fixing structure for a permanent magnet includes: a cylindrical housing; a permanent magnet housed inside the housing; and an adhesive layer formed in a gap G between the housing and the permanent magnet and having an adhesive for fixing the permanent magnet to the housing. The adhesive layer is formed such that a filling rate of the adhesive is higher in the gap at another axial end of the permanent magnet than at one axial end of the permanent magnet. The permanent magnet is configured such that a density at said other axial end is higher than the density at said one axial end.

A fixing structure for a permanent magnet includes: a cylindrical housing; a permanent magnet housed inside the housing; and an adhesive layer formed in a gap G between the housing and the permanent magnet and having an adhesive for fixing the permanent magnet to the housing. The adhesive layer is formed such that a filling rate of the adhesive is higher in the gap at another axial end of the permanent magnet than at one axial end of the permanent magnet. The permanent magnet is configured such that a density at said other axial end is higher than the density at said one axial end.

A stator core including field slots housing field windings and armature slots housing armature windings is provided. Permanent magnets are housed in the respective armature slots. Field windings face to the permanent magnets directly or via the stator core on the outer and inner circumferential sides. A coil end of one of the armature windings straddles the predetermined one of the field slots and passes over the axial end face of each of the permanent magnets in the corresponding one of the field slots over which the coil end straddles.

A motor includes: a magnet including a plurality of magnetic poles; a plurality of slots opposing the magnet; a coil wound around each of the plurality of slots; a commutator including a plurality of segments; and a plurality of brushes, each of the plurality of brushes including a contact portion contacting two adjacent segments among the plurality of segments, wherein both ends of the coil are connected to the two segments among the plurality of segments, and another segment is arranged between the two segments, one ends of two adjacent coils are connected to one segment of the two segments, and a segment connected to one ends of two adjacent coils and the another segment between two segments connected to either coil different from the two adjacent coils have the same potential.

A motor includes: a magnet including a plurality of magnetic poles; a plurality of slots opposing the magnet; a coil wound around each of the plurality of slots; a commutator including a plurality of segments; and a plurality of brushes, each of the plurality of brushes including a contact portion contacting two adjacent segments among the plurality of segments, wherein both ends of the coil are connected to the two segments among the plurality of segments, and another segment is arranged between the two segments, one ends of two adjacent coils are connected to one segment of the two segments, and a segment connected to one ends of two adjacent coils and the another segment between two segments connected to either coil different from the two adjacent coils have the same potential.

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.

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.

Disclosed are various embodiments for an improved generator/motor and a method of generating current, the method comprising providing a circular rotation path, generating a concentrated magnetic field around a portion of the circular rotation path; rotating a coil along the circular path and through the concentrated magnetic field; generating current within the coil as a result of the rotating, and extracting the current from the coil.

Disclosed are various embodiments for an improved generator/motor and a method of generating current, the method comprising providing a circular rotation path, generating a concentrated magnetic field around a portion of the circular rotation path; rotating a coil along the circular path and through the concentrated magnetic field; generating current within the coil as a result of the rotating, and extracting the current from the coil.

A hand held power tool that includes a housing, a power source input configured to receive power from a power source, and a brushed motor located within the housing. The brushed motor is configured to receive power from the power source input. The brushed motor includes a first primary stator pole including a first pole neck and a first pole arc, a second primary stator pole including a second pole neck and a second pole arc, a first stator interpole including a first interpole neck, and a second stator interpole including a second interpole neck. The first stator interpole and the second stator interpole are each positioned between the first primary stator pole and the second primary stator pole.