ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH VARIABLE LENGTH AIR GAP

摘要

A variable reluctance electric motor is disclosed. The motor has a generally circularly shaped stator core having at least one pole and a winding disposed thereon. Furthermore, the motor has a rotor core with at least one rotor lobe and configured to be insertable into the stator core. A gap is defined between the stator core and rotor core. The radius of the rotor core is configured to vary the length of the gap between the rotor lobe(s) and the stator pole(s) when rotating within the stator core in order to create a variable reluctance machine.