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Stator for ball motors

Assignee: J CASHEW JR TRUST U/A DTD OCTOBER 7 1993
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Filing: 1982-07-12
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Granted: 1984-09-11
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Expires: 2002-07-12
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Abstract

Abstract Without exception, the iron sheets of the stator teeth of electric motors are up to now produced by stamping. The invention relates to electric motors in which the stack of iron sheets of the stator is largely composed of rectangular metal sheet strips cut from a strip.

Inventors

  • 👤 Karsten Laing

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 04:49
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02K; H02K1/00; H02K1/06; H02K1/12

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 143 words
A stator for a spherical rotor type electric motor where a spherical air gap separates the rotor from the stator, said stator comprising a plurality of stator teeth extending radially and parallel to the center line of the stator, each of said teeth having a plurality of individual rectangular shaped adjacent sheet metal strips where adjacent strips contact each other on oppositely facing surfaces along the length of the strips and where the widths and lengths of said adjacent strips decrease radially inwardly towards the center of the stator wherein the ends of the teeth facing the air gap are connected to pole shoes each of which has a concave spherical surface complementary to the spherical air gap on one side thereof and a stepped configuration on an opposite side thereof to contact the ends of the strips of each of said teeth.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 143 words
A stator for a spherical rotor type electric motor where a spherical air gap separates the rotor from the stator, said stator comprising a plurality of stator teeth extending radially and parallel to the center line of the stator, each of said teeth having a plurality of individual rectangular shaped adjacent sheet metal strips where adjacent strips contact each other on oppositely facing surfaces along the length of the strips and where the widths and lengths of said adjacent strips decrease radially inwardly towards the center of the stator wherein the ends of the teeth facing the air gap are connected to pole shoes each of which has a concave spherical surface complementary to the spherical air gap on one side thereof and a stepped configuration on an opposite side thereof to contact the ends of the strips of each of said teeth.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 30 words
A stator according to claim 1 wherein all the pole shoes are included in a single pole ring with adjacent pole shoes being separated by a slot in the ring.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 31 words
A stator according to claim 1 wherein the ends of the strips facing the air gap are beveled to substantially form a concave spherical surface complementary to the spherical air gap.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 34 words
A stator according to claim 1 wherein the ends of each of the strips opposite the ends facing the air gap contacts a return path yoke on at least two edges of the strip.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 49 words
A stator according to claim 4 including a plurality of adjacent return path yokes and wherein the diameter of a return path yoke closer to said ends facing the air gap is less than the diameter of a return path yoke further from said ends facing said air gap.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 24 words
A stator according to claim 1 wherein each said strip is slightly bent along its width to conform to the periphery of said stator.

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