Patent ID: 7312549
Filing Date: 2007-12-25
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
1. A transverse flux switched reluctance type electric rotating machine for transforming at least one of mechanical power into electrical power and electrical power into mechanical power, the transverse flux switched reluctance type electric rotating machine comprising a stator and a rotor, said stator comprising a magnetic system for generating a magnetic flux, said magnetic system comprising a plurality of individual E-shaped core segments, each of said plurality of individual E-shaped core segments having a body and three legs being two outer legs and a middle leg, wherein the body of said E-shaped core segments is arranged substantially parallel to a rotor axis, wherein said three legs are arranged substantially perpendicular to, and in extension of, the body, and wherein said three legs are separated from each other by air gaps, said magnetic flux being generated by windings arranged around each of the middle legs, wherein the rotor includes poles of magnetically soft material arranged to conduct a magnetic flux generated by the magnetic system of the stator.