Electric motor

Abstract

An electric motor design for hub motors comprises a stator assembly, having an axle, a stator plate sector holder, fixed on the axle, at least one stator sector assembly, mounted on the stator plate holder, and electric coils, would around the plates of the stator plate assembly; and a rotor assembly, having a casing, a rotor magnet retainer assembly, placed inside of the casing, and at least one permanent magnet, mounted on plates of the rotor magnet retainer assembly; wherein the stator sector assembly and / or the rotor magnet retainer assembly have plates which are stacked on top of each other and which are each divided into at least two sectors, saving production cost.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 034,662 filed on Jan. 12, 2005.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to an electric motor, particularly to an brushless peripheral-rotor electric hub motor in which rotor and stator plates divided in several sections are substituted for a conventional rotor and stator plates in single pieces. Thereby cost of molding and waste material are greatly reduced and unused material of other processes is usable, resulting in a significant cost advantage.[0004]2. Description of Related Art[0005]In conventional art, brushless peripheral-rotor motors, in which rotors are placed outside stators, are widely used in hubs of electric vehicles and washing machines. Motors of this type have inner stators with a plurality of electric coils connected with power. During operation as an electric generator, a rotating ext...

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Benefits of technology

This design significantly reduces production costs and waste while maintaining effective magnetic properties, enabling efficient and cost-effective manufacturing of brushless peripheral-rotor electric motors.

Problems solved by technology

Since cutting of the inner peripheral grooves and automatic inserting of the permanent magnets is difficult, the permanent magnets are usually glued to an inner periphery of the rotor body.

This method, however, is expensive and often results in errors of production.

However, since the rotor plates have relatively large diameters, large punching machines are required, and punching produces large quantities of waste material, leading to high cost of production.

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