Patent ID: 6455970
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
A multi-phase transverse flux machine, comprising a stator with essentially U-shaped and I-shaped cores (1, 2) of a soft-magnetic material and respectively one stator winding (3) for each phase that generates a magnetic flux in these cores, and a rotor with a circular magnetic return path (4) and wherein: the stator phases are magnetically separated; the rotor in each of the phases contains electrically conductive material (5, 6); and the electrically conductive material (5, 6) of at least two phases is arranged and is interconnected in the rotor, such that if an alternating current flows through the stator windings (3) of these phases, a current that generates a starting torque for the rotor is induced in the electrically conductive material.