Patent ID: 7281501
Filing Date: 2007-10-16
Classification: H02K,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A magnet wheel of an internal combustion engine including a drive motor for a portable handheld work apparatus, the engine having a shaft and said magnet wheel having a periphery, and said magnet wheel comprising: a hub for mounting said magnet wheel on said shaft; a magnet carrier having at least one magnet holder provided at said periphery of said magnet wheel; said magnet carrier being configured as a packet of layered lamellar sheet-metal pieces; said packet being of a modular configuration and layered from at least two differently shaped profiled sheet-metal piece types; a first one of said profiled sheet-metal piece types being configured as an arm sheet-metal piece having a hub section defining a portion of said hub and an arm section extending radially outwardly from said hub section up to the region of said magnet carrier; and, a second one of said profiled sheet-metal piece types being configured as a rotating mass sheet-metal piece lying essentially radially outside in the peripheral region of said magnet carrier.