Patent ID: 7701100

Claim:
A synchronous motor comprising: a rotor comprising: a body; a plurality of magnets positioned on said body of said rotor; for each of said plurality of magnets, a corresponding clamping element that fixes a corresponding one of said plurality of magnets on said body of said rotor, wherein said corresponding clamping element comprises a web on said body of said rotor and arranged between said corresponding one of said plurality of magnets and another one of said plurality of magnets, wherein for each of said plurality of magnets, said body of said rotor comprises a corresponding detent and said clamping element presses said corresponding magnet in a tangential direction against said corresponding detent, and wherein each of said plurality of magnets is pressed in a radial direction against said rotor by said corresponding clamping element; and a stator comprising a coil that receives an electric current and generates a magnetic field that generates a torque on said rotor.