| 摘要 |
<p>A rotary electric machine is disclosed having stator windings and a rotor incorporating permanent magnets distributed about the axis of the rotor to create a magnetic field having circumferentially alternating north and south poles. In the invention, the principal structural member is an external sleeve, this providing resistance to bending and to centrifugally induced stresses due to rotation. The direction of polarisation of the permanent magnets 214 is such that the parts of the magnetic circuits that lie within the outer circumference of the rotor pass predominantly through the bodies of the permanent magnets 214, thereby avoiding the need for a central ferromagnetic core to complete the magnetic circuit of the magnets. <IMAGE></p> |
