Patent ID: 6885162

Claim:
A brushless electric motor system comprising: a rotor or linear slide having north and south poles, a stator comprising poles and electrical phase windings, each phase winding including coils wound around the poles, a switching network comprising power switches intended to be connected to an electric power source and also connected to the windings, and a control device controlling the switching network to supply the phase windings with electric power at appropriate times in order to obtain a torque or force on and thereby a movement of the rotor or linear slide, characterized in that the coils of each phase winding have no metallic conductive connection with coils in the other phases, the switching network comprising for each phase at least one group of four power switches arranged in an H-configuration and connected between a positive conductor or rail intended to be connected to a positive terminal of the power source and a negative conductor or rail intended to be connected to a negative terminal of the power source.