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An electric machine with two-phase planar Lorentz coils and a ring-shaped Halbach array for high torque density and high-precision applications
An electric machine, in particular a motor or a generator, comprising a rotor and a stator, wherein the rotor comprises a planar, ring-shaped rotor base element and the stator comprises a planar ring-shaped stator base element, wherein the rotor base element and the stator base element are aligned along an axial axis (Z) of the electric machine, wherein a plurality of magnet elements are arranged around the circumference of the ring-shaped rotor base element forming a Halbach magnet-ring assembly, wherein the Halbach magnet-ring assembly generates a magnetic field (BR) with axial and azimuthal components, wherein a plurality of coils are arranged around the circumference (C) of the ring-shaped stator base element.
@patent{Nguyen21-PATENT-Halbach, title = {An electric machine with two-phase planar Lorentz coils and a ring-shaped Halbach array for high torque density and high-precision applications}, abstract = {An electric machine, in particular a motor or a generator, comprising a rotor and a stator, wherein the rotor comprises a planar, ring-shaped rotor base element and the stator comprises a planar ring-shaped stator base element, wherein the rotor base element and the stator base element are aligned along an axial axis (Z) of the electric machine, wherein a plurality of magnet elements are arranged around the circumference of the ring-shaped rotor base element forming a Halbach magnet-ring assembly, wherein the Halbach magnet-ring assembly generates a magnetic field (BR) with axial and azimuthal components, wherein a plurality of coils are arranged around the circumference (C) of the ring-shaped stator base element.}, number = {EP21170679.1}, month = apr, year = {2021}, slug = {nguyen21-patent-halbach}, author = {Nguyen, Vu and Javot, Bernard and Kuchenbecker, Katherine J.}, month_numeric = {4} }