Patent ID: 11955845
Assignee: LAUNCHPOINT ELECTRIC PROPULSION SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An axial flux motor comprising:
a rotor having radial side walls with circumferential OD walls and circumferential ID walls forming a plurality of pockets, each pocket in the plurality of pockets receiving one of a plurality of magnet assemblies with each magnet assembly of the plurality of magnet assemblies adhered to an active surface wall in an associated one of the plurality of pockets with epoxy as a principal load path;
wherein a retention device providing an alternate load path comprises a poured epoxy layer on an inactive surface of the each magnet assembly that forms a meniscus with respect to the pocket side walls, OD wall and ID wall prior to hardening.