Patent ID: 6809456
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
A motor comprising:a stator; a rotor positioned within and in operable relation to the stator, the rotor having a shaft with an axis of rotation; a plurality of first magnetic units formed about a circumference of the shaft; a plurality of second magnetic units formed about the circumference of the shaft, the second magnetic units being longitudinally offset along the shaft and not in radial alignment with the first magnetic units, wherein a first attractive force is capable of being created between at least one of said first magnetic units and said stator and at least one of said second magnetic units and said stator while a first repulsive force is capable of being simultaneously created between another of said first magnetic units and said stator and another of said second magnetic units and said stator; a plurality of first supports connecting the first magnetic units to the shaft; and a plurality of second supports connecting the second magnetic units to the shaft.