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Method and apparatus for output regulation of multiple disk permanent magnet machines
Assignee: General Electric Co
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Filing: 1981-01-12
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Granted: 1983-02-01
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Expires: 2001-01-12
Abstract
Abstract Output regulation of a permanent magnet excited disk-type synchronous machine having permanent magnets attached to rotor disks in multipolar configuration is achieved by controlled alignment of stator windings. Rotor disks support permanent magnets oriented to direct flux axially through the machine, and multiple stator disks having distributed multi-phase windings have means to rotate one of the stator disks to cause misalignment of windings on adjacent disks having the same phase. By controlling the degree of phase misalignment, output voltage of a generator or power factor of a motor may be controlled.
Inventors
- 👤 Eike Richter
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 12:20
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02K; H02K21/00; H02K21/02; H02K21/021; H02K21/028; H02K21/029; H02K21/12; H02K21/24
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
117 words
In a permanent magnet excited disk-type synchronous generator having a plurality of stator winding disks with distributed multiphase, multiturn windings thereon, and a plurality of rotor disks rotatable about an axis having permanent magnets mounted thereon and oriented in such a fashion that the magnetic flux is directed axially through the mahcine, the improvement comprising: means for controllably rotating alternate ones of said stator winding disks about said axis with respect to adjacent stationary stator winding disks to place distributed windings in the rotated stator disks in a preselected angular orientation relative to the distributed windings in said stationary stator winding disks to control the field flux density of the generator to control the generator output voltage.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
117 words
In a permanent magnet excited disk-type synchronous generator having a plurality of stator winding disks with distributed multiphase, multiturn windings thereon, and a plurality of rotor disks rotatable about an axis having permanent magnets mounted thereon and oriented in such a fashion that the magnetic flux is directed axially through the mahcine, the improvement comprising: means for controllably rotating alternate ones of said stator winding disks about said axis with respect to adjacent stationary stator winding disks to place distributed windings in the rotated stator disks in a preselected angular orientation relative to the distributed windings in said stationary stator winding disks to control the field flux density of the generator to control the generator output voltage.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
58 words
The improvement of claim 1 wherein the means for rotating said alternate ones of said stator winding disks comprises, for each of said alternate ones of said stator winding disks, respectively, a gear and arcuate partial ring gear assembly, said partial ring gear being affixed to the outer circumference of a respective one of said stator winding disks.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The improvement of claim 1 wherein the permanent magnets are high coercive force samarium cobalt magnets.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The improvement of claim 1 wherein the windings on the stator winding disks are series connected.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The improvement of claim 1 wherein said means for rotating alternate ones of said stator winding disks comprises means to rotate a plurality of alternate ones of said stator disks.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The improvement of claim 1 wherein each stator disk is surrounded by a ring gear operably engaged by a gear wheel adapted to rotate said ring gear and stator disk.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
118 words
In a permanent magnet excited disk-type synchronous motor having a plurality of stator winding disks with distributed multiphase, multiturn windings thereon, and a plurality of rotor disks rotatable about an axis having permanent magnets mounted thereon and oriented in such a fashion that the magnetic flux is directed axially through the machine, the improvement comprising: means for controllably rotating alternate ones of said stator winding disks about said axis with respect to adjacent stationary stator winding disks to place distributed windings in the rotated stator disks in a preselected angular orientation relative to the distributed windings in said stationary stator winding disks to control the flux density of the motor to control the power factor of the motor.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
118 words
In a permanent magnet excited disk-type synchronous motor having a plurality of stator winding disks with distributed multiphase, multiturn windings thereon, and a plurality of rotor disks rotatable about an axis having permanent magnets mounted thereon and oriented in such a fashion that the magnetic flux is directed axially through the machine, the improvement comprising: means for controllably rotating alternate ones of said stator winding disks about said axis with respect to adjacent stationary stator winding disks to place distributed windings in the rotated stator disks in a preselected angular orientation relative to the distributed windings in said stationary stator winding disks to control the flux density of the motor to control the power factor of the motor.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
139 words
A method of controlling output voltage of a permanent magnet excited disk-type synchronous generator having a rotor comprising a plurality of disks rotatable about a longitudinal axis through the center thereof; said disks having permanent magnets mounted thereon in a multipolar configuration and oriented in such a fashion that the magnetic flux of said magnets is directed axially through said machine; and a stator comprising a plurality of winding disks interleaved and concentric with said rotor disks and having distributed multiphase, multiturn windings thereon, the steps comprising: exciting said multiphase stator windings; and circumferentially rotating alternate ones of said stator disks to move poles of said windings on said alternate ones of said stator disks to a preselected angular orientation relative to the poles of the windings of the same phase on the other ones of said stator disks.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
139 words
A method of controlling output voltage of a permanent magnet excited disk-type synchronous generator having a rotor comprising a plurality of disks rotatable about a longitudinal axis through the center thereof; said disks having permanent magnets mounted thereon in a multipolar configuration and oriented in such a fashion that the magnetic flux of said magnets is directed axially through said machine; and a stator comprising a plurality of winding disks interleaved and concentric with said rotor disks and having distributed multiphase, multiturn windings thereon, the steps comprising: exciting said multiphase stator windings; and circumferentially rotating alternate ones of said stator disks to move poles of said windings on said alternate ones of said stator disks to a preselected angular orientation relative to the poles of the windings of the same phase on the other ones of said stator disks.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of claim 8 wherein the step of rotating said alternate ones of said stator disks comprises rotating said alternate ones of said disks by operating a respective gear and partial ring gear assembly.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 10 wherein the step of rotating said alternate ones of said disks comprises rotating said alternate ones of said disks 90 electrical degrees.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 10 wherein the step of rotating said alternate ones of said disks 90 electrical degrees comprises rotating said alternate ones of said disks 30 mechanical degrees.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 10 wherein the step of rotating said alternate ones of said disks comprises rotating said alternate ones of said disks 180 electrical degrees.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 12 wherein the step of rotating said alternate ones of said disks 180 electrical degrees comprises rotating said alternate ones of said disks 60 mechanical degrees.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 10 wherein the step of rotating comprises rotating said alternate ones of said stator disks in the same circumferential direction.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 10 wherein said stator windings comprise uniformly spaced three phase windings.
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