Patent ID: 8076811

Claim:
A flux-switching magnetic motor/generator machine comprising: a stator being configured to generate a composite magnetic field, wherein the composite magnetic field includes: a fixed magnetic field component generated by a sequence of spaced fixed field members disposed on the stator, the fixed field members being permanent magnets, and a variable magnetic field component, generated by a sequence of spaced armature windings disposed on the stator, the number of armature windings being less than the number of fixed field members, wherein the armature windings are alternately disposed circumferentially around the stator such that armature windings are disposed on every other permanent magnet; and a rotor having a plurality of magnetisable portions, wherein the plurality of magnetisable portions are configured to be coupled to the composite magnetic field generated by the stator, such that the rotor moves in response to changes in the composite magnetic field generated by the stator.