Patent ID: 7768170

Claim:
A rotary electric machine comprising: a rotor including a plurality of first rotor magnetic pole sections directed toward a radial direction, a plurality of second rotor magnetic pole sections directed toward a rotating axis direction, and a rotor core having a cylinder surface that encloses a rotating axis and a cylinder end face located on an end in the rotating axis direction; and a stator including a plurality of first stator magnetic pole sections which are opposed to the cylinder surface and disposed corresponding to the plurality of respective first rotor magnetic pole sections to generate magnetic flux in the radial direction, and a plurality of second stator magnetic pole sections which are opposed to the cylinder end face and disposed corresponding to the plurality of respective second rotor magnetic pole sections to generate magnetic flux in the rotating axis direction, wherein the rotor rotates freely relative to the stator upon receiving, at the plurality of first and second rotor magnetic pole sections, magnetic flux from the plurality of respective first and second stator magnetic pole sections; each of the first rotor magnetic pole sections is composed of a first magnet disposed on the cylinder surface of the rotor core and magnetized in the radial direction; and each of the second rotor magnetic pole sections is composed of a second magnet embedded in the rotor core and magnetized in the rotating axis direction; the rotor core is sandwiched between both end parts, in the rotating axis direction, of a plurality of magnets each having a cross section which is integrally formed in the shape of a substantially cornered letter C; a middle part of each of the plurality of magnets along the rotating axis direction constitutes the first magnet; and the both end parts of each of the plurality of magnets in the rotating axis direction constitute the second magnet.