| US 7,489,062 B2 | ||
| Synchronous reluctance machine with a novel rotor topology | ||
| Manoj Ramprasad Shah, Latham, N.Y. (US); Jeremy Daniel VanDam, W. Coxsackie, N.Y. (US); William Dwight Gerstler, Niskayuna, N.Y. (US); Ronghai Qu, Clifton Park, N.Y. (US); and Ralph James Carl, Jr., Clifton Park, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Assigned to General Electric Company, Nishkayuna, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 14, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/272,848. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0108853 A1, May 17, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H02K 1/22 (2006.01); H02K 1/32 (2006.01); H02K 19/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 310—216 [310/60 A; 310/156.08; 310/217; 310/218] | 18 Claims |
| 1. A synchronous reluctance machine comprising:
a stator;
a rotor shaft operationally disposed within the confines of said stator;
a first plurality of boat shaped segments laminated radially forming a first section of a selected number of rotor poles about
said rotor shaft; and
said first section of a selected number of rotor poles supported radially by a network of support bars comprising non-ferromagnetic
end bars disposed adjacent to ends of said first plurality of boat shaped segments, the end bars configured solely as support
bars.
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