US005436518A

United States Patent [191

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Patent Number:

5,436,518

Kawai

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Date of Patent:

Jul. 25, 1995

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MOTIVE POWER GENERATING DEVICE

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[75] Inventor:
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5,192,899

Teruo Kawai, 4-3-905, Nlslukamata

7..chome, Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan
both of Tokyo, Japan

0082356 6/1983 Eumpea" Pat 06- '

O4ll563Al 2/1991 European Pat. Off. .

[211 App]_ No: 79,120

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, Wound Rotor In

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Jun 17 1993

cremental Motor, P. J. Davies et a1, vol. 12, No. 12,

Related US. Application Data

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Ford et al. ........................ .. 318/498

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

Assignees: Nihon Riken C0., Ltd.; Teruo Kawai,

3/ 1993 Simpson et al. .................. .. 318/139

5,258,697 11/1993

May 1970 p 2130'

Continuation-impart of Ser. N0. 816,821, Jan. 3, 1992,

abandoned

P'_'3 Exam{1eThmas M- Dwgherty

Assistant Exammer-D. R. Haszko

Attorney, Agent, or FirmFlynn, Thiel, Boutell & Tanis

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Int. Cl.6 ...................... .. HOZK 7/02; HOZK 7/075

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US. (:1. ................................ .. 310/156; 310/68 B;

313/135
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ABSTRACT

A motive power generating device comprises a perma

Field of Search --------------- -- 310/63 R, 68 B, 70 R,

nent magnet disposed around a rotational output shaft

310/152, 156, 184, 12, 81; 318/498, 135

for rotation therewith, the output shaft being mounted

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References Cited

on a support member for rotation, a magnetic body

U-S- PATENT DOCUMENTS

magnet for rotation with the rotational output shaft, the

disposed in concentric relationship with the permanent

3,344,325 9/1967 Sklaroff ............................. .. 318/138
3,411,059 11/1968 Kaiwa ....... ..
318/138

magnetic body being Subjected to magnetic ?ux gener

ated by the permanent magnet, a plurality of electro

3,473,061 10/1969 Soehner et a1.

310/156

magnets ?xedly mounted to the support member in such

3,555,380

318/ 135

a manner that they are spaced at predetermined dis

318/254

tances around the periphery of the magnetic body, each

1/1971 Hings ........ ..

3,577,053 5/ 1971 M966?

317071638 12/1972 Naflen ------ "
4095161

6/1978 Heme et a1 '

4,306,164 12/1981

Itoh et a1.

4,347,457

Sakamoto . . . . . . .

8/1982

4,357,551 11/1982 Dulondel .......... ..

4,406,953 9/1933 palmero et a1_
4,633,108 12/1986 Von der Heidc
4,712,028 12/ 1987 Horber ............. ..

4,719,373

1/1988 Katsuma at al-

4,728,837 3/1988
417741440 9/1988
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5023495
5:030:55
5,105,111
5,191,255

6/1991
7/1991
4/1992
3/ 1993

310/152
"" 318/696

magnetic circuit of the electromagnets being adapted to

be independent of one another, and excitation change

310/49 R
. . . . .. 310/256

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Over

means

fr

the .electromagnets

the

.excltamn

310/46
310/49 R

change-Over means bemg adapted 1 sequentlauy mag

netize one of the electromagnets which is positioned

______ __ 310/12
310/49 R
310/67 R

forwardly with regard to a rotational direction of the

rotational output shaft, so as to impart to the particular
electromagnet a magnetic polarity opposite to that of

310/80

the magnetic pole of the permanent magnet, whereby

magnetic ?ux passing through the magnetic body con
verges in one direction so as to apply a rotational torque
to the rotatlonal output shaft. No force opposing move
ment of a rotor or movable element is generated.

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