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WO1997003301B1 - Magnetic bearing with reduced bias-flux-induced rotor loss - Google Patents

Magnetic bearing with reduced bias-flux-induced rotor loss

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Publication number
WO1997003301B1
WO1997003301B1 PCT/US1996/010694 US9610694W WO9703301B1 WO 1997003301 B1 WO1997003301 B1 WO 1997003301B1 US 9610694 W US9610694 W US 9610694W WO 9703301 B1 WO9703301 B1 WO 9703301B1
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stator
rotor
bearing
gap
bridge
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PCT/US1996/010694
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French (fr)
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Abstract

A magnetic bearing with reduced bias-flux-induced rotor loss includes a stator (12), a rotor (14), the stator (12) having a configuration which minimizes a gap (g1) between stator teeth (80) thereby providing a more nearly uniform spatial distribution of the bias flux around the rotor-stator gap. The reduction in rotor losses include reduction in eddy current and hysteresis losses, thereby reducing electromagnetic drag and heat dissipation in the rotor associated with such losses, especially in high speed rotor applications.

Claims

97/03301 AMENDED CLAIMS PCT/US96/10694
[received by the International Bureau on 21 January 1997 (21.01.97); original claims 1 and 7 amended; new claims 12-19 added; remaining claims unchanged (3 pages)] 1. A magnetic bearing, comprising: a stator having a plurality of stator teeth; a rotor, concentrically located with respect to said stator, which rotates relative to said stator, there being a rotor/stator gap between said rotor and said stator; said rotor and said stator being oriented to allow a magnetic bias flux to flow between said stator and said rotor across said rotor/stator gap; and there being a tooth gap between adjacent ones of said stator teeth near said rotor/stator gap, said tooth gap being set to a minimum distance to minimize losses in said rotor caused by said bias flux.
2. The bearing of claim 1 wherein said stator teeth have a monotonically radially increasing width.
3. The bearing of claim 1 wherein the number of said plurality of stator teeth comprises: 8, 12, or 16 stator teeth.
4. The bearing of claim 1 wherein said minimum distance creates a substantially uniform spatial distribution of said bias flux around said rotor/stator gap.
5. The bearing of claim 1 wherein said bias flux is generated by a permanent magnet.
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6. A magnetic bearing, comprising: stator means; rotor means, concentrically located with respect to said stator means, which rotates relative to said stator means, there being a rotor/stator gap between said rotor means and said stator means stator, bias flux means for generating a magnetic bias flux between said rotor means and said stator means across said rotor/stator gap; and said stator means for minimizing losses in said rotor caused by said bias flux.
7. The bearing of claim 6 wherein said stator means comprises a plurality of stator teeth disposed on said stator means and there being a tooth gap between adjacent ones of said stator teeth near said rotor/stator gap, said tooth gap being set to a minimum distance to minimize losses in said rotor caused by said bias flux.
8. The bearing of claim 7 wherein said stator teeth have a monotonically radially increasing width.
9. The bearing of claim 7 wherein the number of said plurality of stator teeth comprises: 8, 12, or 16 stator teeth.
10. The bearing of claim 7 wherein said minimum distance creates a substantially uniform spatial distribution of said bias flux around said rotor/stator gap.
11. The bearing of claim 6 wherein said bias flux means comprises a permanent magnet.
12. The bearing of claim 1 further comprising a bridge disposed across said tooth gap which closes said tooth gap near said rotor/stator gap.
13. The bearing of claim 12 wherein said bridge comprises a material having low magnetic permeability.
14. The bearing of claim 12 wherein said bridge comprises the same material as that of said stator.
15. The bearing of claim 12 wherein said bridge comprises a notch in an outer surface of said bridge.
16. The bearing of claim 6 further comprising bridge means disposed across said tooth gap for closing said tooth gap near said rotor/stator gap.
17. The bearing of claim 16 wherein said bridge means comprises a material having low magnetic permeability.
18. The bearing of claim 16 wherein said bridge means comprises the same material as that of said stator.
19. The bearing of claim 16 wherein said bridge means comprises a notch in an outer surface of said bridge means.
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PCT/US1996/010694 1995-07-11 1996-06-21 Magnetic bearing with reduced bias-flux-induced rotor loss WO1997003301A1 (en)

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