Patent ID: 6465925
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
A rotary electric machine having a plurality of permanent magnet main poles disposed on an inner periphery of a yoke at equal intervals in the circumferential direction and a plurality of auxiliary poles respectively disposed between neighboring two of said main poles via magnet fixing members, whereinsaid magnet fixing member comprises a U-bent elastic metal plate having a base wall and a pair of circumferentially opposite side walls for providing an auxiliary pole space, wherein each of said side walls has an edge bent in a circumferential direction opposite to each other, an elastic retaining member separated from said edge for pressing said auxiliary poles radially outward and an elastic projection at an axially middle portion of said edge for pressing said auxiliary pole radially outward when said auxiliary pole is inserted into said auxiliary pole space after opening said elastic retaining member radially inward in an axial direction.