Patent ID: 7608972
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
1. A claw-pole motor comprising: a rotor having permanent magnets; and a stator having stator rings respectively assigned to three phases, which are coaxially stacked along an axis, wherein winding attachment portions are formed between adjacent stator rings, and an annular winding is installed in each winding attachment portion for generating a magnetic field for rotating the rotor; each stator ring has a main body and claw-shaped induction poles which protrude from the main body in radial directions; the claw-shaped induction poles of the three phases are serially arranged along a circumference of the stator rings and also face the permanent magnets; an interval between adjacent claw-shaped induction poles along the circumference of predetermined two of the stator rings of the three phases is smaller than an interval between adjacent claw-shaped induction poles along the circumference of any other pair of the stator rings, a length of each permanent magnet along the axis is smaller than an effective axial length of the claw-shaped induction poles of the three phases along the axis, which are provided at the stator; the rotor has an opposed part which is positioned between the permanent magnets and the claw-shaped induction poles of the three phases and faces the claw-shaped induction poles; and a length of the opposed part along the axis is equal to or greater than the length of each permanent magnet along the axis, and is also equal to or smaller than the effective axial length of the claw-shaped induction roles of the three phases.