Patent ID: 7965010

Claim:
An armature for a motor, the armature comprising: a first and second magnetic structure forming a first spatial period of the armature; (i) wherein the first magnetic structure has a first magnetic polarity and includes a first plurality of maglettes, the first plurality of maglettes comprising: at least two outer maglettes and at least two inner maglettes, wherein at least two maglettes of the first plurality of maglettes are arranged adjacent to one another, each maglette of the first plurality of maglettes has associated therewith a magnetic polarity vector and wherein an angle between the magnetic polarity vectors of each pair of maglettes that are adjacent to one another within the first plurality of maglettes has a first angle magnitude between about 45 degrees and 30 degrees; (ii) wherein the second magnetic structure is adjacent the first magnetic structure and has a second magnetic polarity that is different from the first magnetic polarity, the second magnetic structure comprising a second plurality of maglettes comprising: at least two outer maglettes and at least two inner maglettes, wherein at least two maglettes of the second plurality of maglettes are arranged adjacent to one another, each maglette of the second plurality of maglettes has associated therewith a magnetic polarity vector, wherein an angle between the magnetic polarity vectors of each pair of maglettes that are adjacent to one another within the second plurality of maglettes has a second angle magnitude between about 45 degrees and 30 degrees, and; wherein an angle between a magnetic polarity vector of a first outer maglette of the first plurality of maglettes and the magnetic polarity vector of an adjacent second outer maglette of the second plurality of maglettes has a third angle magnitude between about 45 degrees and 90 degrees, where the third angle magnitude is different from the first and second angle magnitudes.