Patent ID: 6680553
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
A rotating electrical machine having an outer housing carrying a stator, a rotor journaled within said outer housing for rotation about a rotor axis and cooperating with said stator, said stator being formed by a plurality of armatures having poles and surrounding radially extending armatures windings, a first plurality of circumferentially spaced permanent magnets carried on said rotor for cooperation with said armature, and a magnet carrier fixed for rotation with said rotor for cooperation with a detector fixed to said outer housing for controlling said armature windings, said magnetic carrier carrying a second plurality of circumferentially spaced permanent magnets spaced axially from said first plurality of circumferentially spaced permanent magnets and disposed radially inwardly of a radial inter periphery of said armature windings and disposed axially within the axial extent of the armature windings in the direction of the rotor axis.