Patent ID: 6563246
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: B60K,B60L,H02K,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
A rotary electric machine, comprising:a housing; a stator core formed of laminated iron sheets and disposed in said housing, said stator core having a plurality of slots formed equally in a circumferential direction at the inner periphery thereof; an armature winding having a plurality of in-slot portions respectively disposed in said slots; and a rotor disposed inside said inner periphery of said stator, said rotor including a first rotor portion and a second rotor portion disposed to be rotatable relative to each other and magnetically connected to said armature winding in parallel with each other, said first and second rotor portions respectively having a plurality of magnet poles, and a relative angle control mechanism that rotates one of said first rotor portion and second rotor portion at a prescribed angle to the other, thereby providing a controlled combined output torque.