摘要 |
<p>A two-phase switched reluctance motor comprising a stator (10) having an even number of evenly-spaced, like stator poles (24a-24l) defining a gap (28) between each stator pole, windings (32) for each of the two phases wound around the stator poles that are circumferentially separated by a winding and an associated stator pole of a different phase, and a rotor (12) having an even number of rotor poles (44, 54, 64), the rotor poles being dimensioned such that when the phases are alternately energized, the rotor poles operatively interact with the stator poles such that the motor advances sequentially to a first state wherein one-third of the rotor poles are magnetically coupled to a like number of the stator poles, to a second state wherein two-thirds of the rotor poles are magnetically coupled to a like number of the stator poles, and to a third state wherein all of the rotor poles are magnetically coupled to a like number of the stator poles.</p> |