Variable reluctance motor.

摘要

A high torque-to-low mass variable reluctance motor (10) includes a cylindrical stator assembly (12) having a plurality of stator segments (14,14) circumaxially arranged about a rotor (16) wherein adjacent stator segments (14,14) are maintained in a spaced apart relation with one another by non-magnetic pins (18,18) which provide a radially inwardly projecting channel (24) extending fully from the outer circumference to the inner circumference of the stator assembly (12) to completely magnetically isolate the stator segments (14,14) from one another. A generally annular, non-magnetic shell (26) coaxially surrounds and engages the outer periphery of the circular stator assembly to cause a compressive force to be directed radially inwardly to maintain the stator segments in a precisely aligned arrangment.