Single-stage, two-phase of four-phase synchronous electric motor

Claim 1

Single-stage, two-phase or four-phase electric motor, comprising a rotor part defining a first side and a second side, said rotor part in the form of a flat annular disc having a first flat surface and a second flat surface, the flat annular disc magnetised axially in such manner as to present, on each of its flat surfaces, a series of magnetic poles disposed regularly along an annular zone, the rotor part being fast with a motor shaft mounted to be rotatable relatively to a stator assembly, the stator assembly comprising at least two stator parts of magnetically permeable material being coupled with stator pole parts disposed on either side of the rotor part so as to form an air-gap of variable height along at least a portion of the annular zone in which are disposed the magnetic poles of the rotor part, the stator pole parts constituting, on each side of the rotor part, at least two groups of pole parts, the stator assembly also comprising at least two electric control coils, each control coil surrounding at least one of said groups of said pole parts, characterised in that the groups of said pole parts and the control coils are disposed in such a manner that, on each side of the rotor part, each group of said pole parts surrounded by one of said coils is placed, from each side along the periphery of the rotor part, alongside one of said groups which is not surrounded by one of said control coils, the group which is not surrounded by one of said control coils coupled with one of said control coils surrounding one of said groups of said pole parts disposed on the other side of the rotor part.