Patent ID: 11909264
Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A switched reluctance motor comprising:
a stator, having a plurality of stator poles;
a rotor, having a plurality of rotor poles and a plurality of interpole segments located between the plurality of rotor poles;
wherein each interpole segment of the plurality of interpole segments further comprises a concave void radially aligned with an arcuate flux barrier;
wherein the arcuate flux barrier comprises an inner arcuate flux barrier and an outer arcuate flux barrier; and
wherein the inner arcuate flux barrier further comprises a first inner arcuate surface and a first outer arcuate surface, wherein the outer arcuate flux barrier further comprises a second inner arcuate surface and a second outer arcuate surface and wherein the concave void is bounded by an exterior arcuate surface;
wherein the inner arcuate flux barrier further comprises a first curved end surface diametrically opposed to a second curved end surface.