Patent ID: 11967866
Assignee: LINEAR LABS, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An electric machine comprising:
a toroidal magnetic cylinder including:
a first magnetic tunnel segment having a NNNN magnetic pole configuration,
a second magnetic tunnel segment having a SSSS magnetic pole configuration positioned circumferentially adjacent to the first magnetic tunnel,

a coil assembly positioned within the toroidal magnetic cylinder, the coil assembly including a plurality of coils wherein the first or second magnetic tunnel segment surrounds a first number of coils of the coil assembly,
wherein the coil assembly is configured for the first number of coil phases and the plurality of coils is divided to create a subgroups of coils wherein each subgroup of coils is assigned to one of the first number of coil phases;

a controller in electrical communication with the coil assembly and the plurality of parameter detection sensors, the controller including a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory containing instructions for:
monitoring a parameter value of the electric machine;
determining if the parameter value has reached a first target value; if not, continue to monitor the parameter value;
if the parameter value has reached the first target value, emulating a second number of coil phases for the coil assembly by simultaneously energizing a first subgroup of coils and a second subgroup of coils such that the first subgroup of coils and second subgroup of coils to act as members of a single coil phase group.