Patent ID: 9236773
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: H02K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An electrical machine, comprising: a rotor for rotation about a rotational axis; an electroconductive coil arranged circumferentially with respect to and fully encircling the rotational axis; and a stator assembly comprising: wherein the first lamination stack and the second lamination stack are each configured with a plurality of gaps generally radially through the laminae thereof, the gaps in the laminae of each lamination stack defining a plurality of separate circumferential segments in each laminae, to prevent a continuous electrical circuit around the rotational axis from being created in the plurality of separate circumferential segments, wherein the electrical machine is at least one of a transverse flux machine or a commutated flux machine; each laminae having a connecting ring spaced radially from said circumferential segments thereof and radially extending beams connecting said circumferential segments to said connecting ring as a unitary piece; and a plurality of back return elements arranged circumferentially with respect to the rotational axis and extending axially between the first and second lamination stacks to provide a magnetic flux path therebetween, each back return element being positioned circumferentially between adjacent parts of said radially extending beams and radially between said segments and said connecting ring.