Patent ID: 8035266

Claim:
An axial gap motor comprising: a rotor which is rotatable about a rotational axis; and a stator disposed at at least one side of the rotor along the rotational axis, wherein: the rotor includes a plurality of main permanent magnet parts and a plurality of auxiliary permanent magnet parts, the main permanent magnet parts being arranged on the rotor along a circumferential direction, a magnetizing direction of each of the main permanent magnet parts corresponding to the direction of the rotational axis, the auxiliary permanent magnet parts being disposed near an end portion of each of the main permanent magnet parts and a magnetizing direction of each of the auxiliary permanent magnet parts corresponding to a direction perpendicular to the direction of the rotational axis; the stator includes a plurality of teeth arranged in a circumferential direction and protruding toward the rotor along the rotational axis; and a circumferential distance between a circumferential direction first end and a circumferential direction second end of each of the auxiliary permanent magnet parts on a surface opposite the stator is larger than a slot width of a slot defined between the teeth adjacent in the circumferential direction.