Patent ID: 6153959
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: H02K,Y02E

Abstract:
An electromagnetic rotating assembly comprising:(a) a support structure having a plurality of rotor assemblies moveably mounted thereon and one common stator assembly fixedly mounted on said support assembly,(b) said plurality of rotor assemblies comprising at least a first rotor assembly and a second rotor assembly connected to one another and collectively rotatable relative to said stator assembly,(c) said plurality of rotor assemblies further comprising a third rotor assembly rotatably mounted relative to said first and second rotor assemblies and said stator assembly,(d) said first, second and third rotor assemblies disposed in a substantially stacked array and each comprising an annular configuration including an open interior portion,(e) said stator assembly disposed within said open interior portion in concentrically surrounded relation by said first, second and third rotor assemblies,(f) said stator assembly comprising a plurality of conductive segments each disposed in spaced relation to said first, second and third rotor assemblies to define an air gap there between; each of said conductive segments of said stator assembly having a sufficient longitudinal dimension to extend along said entire air gap in transverse orientation to each of said first, second and third rotor assemblies, and(g) at least one power takeoff assembly connected in driven relation to at least one of said plurality of rotor assemblies and located exteriorly of said plurality of rotor assemblies and said stator assembly.