AU2013205772A1 - Flux concentrator for ironless motor - Google Patents
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Abstract
FLUX CONCENTRATOR FOR IRONLESS MOTOR Abstract A magnet array for a motor (10) is provided which has an array of permanent magnets (355a-g, 335a-g) being arranged such that flux from the permanent magnets reinforce on one side of the array and substantially cancel on an opposite side of the array, the array further includes flux concentrators (335x-z, 355x-z) located at poles on the reinforcing side of the array.
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1 FLUX CONCENTRATOR FOR IRONLESS MOTOR Cross Reference to Related Applications The present application claims the benefit of the following application which are both herein incorporated by reference in their entireties: U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/194,056, filed 9/23/2008, by Bart Dean Hibbs, entitled FLUX CONCENTRATOR FOR IRONLESS MOTORS; and U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/194,099, filed 9/23/2008, by Daboussi et al., entitled PROPELLER DRIVE UNIT FOR HALE UAV. The present application is also related to the following applications, which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties: U.S. Non-provisional Application entitled COMPRESSED MOTOR WINDING, by Daboussi et al, filed 9/23/2009; U.S. Non-provisional Application entitled MOTOR AIR FLOW COOLING, by Daboussi et al, filed 9/23/2009; and U.S. Non-provisional Application entitled STATOR WINDING HEAT SINK CONFIGURATION, by Daboussi et al, filed 9/23/2009. Background [000 1] Electric motors for vehicles need to have high efficiency to conserve power. Furthermore, in unmanned or manned vehicles, light weight and compact electric motors are also desirable. Thus, ironless motors are often used which can provide the benefit of no iron losses due to changing flux direction. Ironless motors, however, suffer from poor field strength in the gap. [0002] Motors are normally rated for the peak power and efficiency of the motor. In some applications, high part load efficiency is desired, which is high efficiency when machine is loaded at a partial load, i.e. 15% or some other percent.
2 Object of the Invention [0003] It is the object of the present invention to substantially overcome or ameliorate one or more of the above disadvantages. Summary of the Invention [0004] The present invention provides a magnet array for a motor comprising a first array of permanent magnets being arranged such that flux from the permanent magnets reinforce on one side of the array and substantially cancel on an opposite side of the array, the array further comprising flux concentrators located at poles on the reinforcing side of the array, wherein the first array is positioned opposite a second array of permanent magnets with a winding therebetween such that the flux from the permanent magnets of the first and second arrays reinforce across the winding and substantially cancel on sides of the first and second arrays opposite the winding. [0005] The present invention provides a motor comprising: a) an inner rotor and an outer rotor; b) a stator comprising an ironless winding between the inner rotor and the outer rotor; and c) the inner rotor and the outer rotor each comprising an array of permanent magnets being arranged such that flux from the permanent magnets reinforce on a side of the array facing the stator and substantially cancel on a side of the array opposite the stator, each array further comprising flux concentrators located at poles on the reinforcing side of the array. [0006] In an embodiment, a magnet array is provided for a motor having an array of permanent magnets arranged such that flux from the permanent magnets reinforce on one side of the array and substantially cancel on an opposite side of the array. In this embodiment, the magnets are arranged such that the magnetic moments of adjacent magnets are oriented in directions separated by about 45 degrees, and such that a magnet within the array comprises a magnetic moment oriented generally perpendicular to the reinforcing side of the array.
3 Brief Description of the Drawings [0007] Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein: [0008] FIG. 1 shows a simplified exploded perspective view of an example motor. [0009] FIG. 2 shows a simplified cross sectional side view of the motor of FIG. 1 along its longitudinal axis. [00010] FIG. 3 shows a simplified cut away front view of a portion of a possible embodiment of a permanent magnet motor. [00011] FIG. 4 shows a simplified cut away front view of a portion of a possible another embodiment of a permanent magnet motor. [00012] FIGS. 5A & B are a simplified cut away front views illustrating a B field in a permanent magnet motor without and with flux concentrators, respectively.
DESCRIPTION [00013] FIG. 1 shows a simplified exploded perspective view of an example motor 10 along axis 22. A stator 40 is secured to a housing 60. Inner rotor 50 and outer rotor 30 are secured to each other and surround the stator 40. An optional propeller hub 75, into which propeller blades 70 are mounted, is secured to the inner rotor 50. The propeller hub 75 rotatably mounts on the spindle 65 with bearings 16 and 18. The bearings 16 and 18 are retained by retainers 20 and 14 and cover 12. [00014] FIG. 2 shows a simplified cross-sectional side view of the motor 10 of FIG. 1 along its longitudinal axis 22. The stator 40 is located between magnets 35 and 55 of the inner and outer rotors 50 and 30, respectively. The propeller hub 75 is bonded to the inner rotor 50 which is rotatably mounted on the spindle 65. The spindle 65 may be fabricated of carbon fiber or other suitable material. [00015] FIG. 3 shows a simplified cut away front view of a portion 300 of a possible embodiment of a permanent magnet motor. In FIG. 3, a stator 340 having a winding 345 is located between inner and outer magnet assemblies 355 and 335 of inner and outer rotors 350 and 330. [00016] The inner and outer magnet assemblies 355 and 335 have magnets 355a-g and 335a-g arranged with the permanent magnetic fields oriented as indicated by arrows within the magnets 355a-g and 335a-g. The magnetic orientations 357a-g of magnets 355a-g, or the magnetic orientations 337a-g of magnets 335a-g, are similar to those in a Halbach array. In a Halbach array, permanent magnets are arranged such that flux from the permanent magnets reinforce on one side of the array and substantially cancel on an opposite side of the array. Distinguished from a Halbach array, however, various 4 embodiments have flux concentrators 335x-z and 355x-z, provided in the inner and outer magnet assemblies 355 and 335. [00017] The flux concentrators 335x-z and 355x-z increase the flux density B onto the area of the winding 345. The force and therefore the torque resulting from the flux density B is calculated from this formula F = BxIxL, where I is the current in the wire and L is the length of the wire in the B field. Thus, increasing the B field density on each Litz wire 345a, increases the force F on the in the wire 340a. Increasing the flux concentration on the same wire, at the same length and current, results in higher force on the wire 340a to improve efficiency. Without the flux concentrators 335x-z and 355x-z fringing can occur which reduces the flux density in the wire 345a. [00018] FIG. 5A is a simplified cut away front view illustrating how the B field 542 in the gap 545b fringes without the flux concentrators, resulting in less flux density in the conductor 545b. With flux concentrators 535x and 555x as shown in FIG. 5B, however, the B field 548 has higher density in the wire 545b. [00019] Referring to FIG. 3, the flux concentrators 355x-z and 335x-z are located within the inner and outer magnet assemblies 355 and 335 in opposing positions across the gap 349. They are located in positions where the magnetic fields 346, 347, and 348 reinforce, and in positions where the magnetic fields 346, 347, and 348 cancel, on opposing surfaces 335s and 355s of the gap 349. The flux concentrators 355x-z are located between the gap 349 and respective back magnets 355b, 355d, and 355f. Similarly, the flux concentrators 335x z are located between the gap 349 and respective back magnets 355b, 355d, and 355f. 5 6 [00020] The flux concentrators 355x-z and 335x-z may be made of iron, or other magnetic material. The iron material form poles that collect and concentrate the flux from the magnets. Field strength is limited in readily available permanent magnets to about I tesla. Iron on the other hand, can support 2 teslas. By using poles along with magnets to force flux across the gap 349, a greater fields 346, 347, and 348, in the gap 349 may be possible. Motor torque is proportional to the field, so as at a fixed torque, doubling the field cuts the 1 2 R losses by 1/4. [00021] As used herein, ironless motor means no iron in the winding. The flux concentrators are not limited to iron and may be made of other magnetic materials and high magnetic moment materials. [000221 Although shown as one half the thickness of the corresponding back magnets 335b, 335d, and 335f, the flux concentrators 335x, 335y, and 335z may be larger, or smaller than the back magnet, depending on the materials used and the strength of the magnets. Furthermore, the respective widths of the between magnets 33 5a, 33 5c, 33 5d, and 335g, and the flux concentrator and/or the back magnets 335b, 335d, 335f, may be different and need not be equal. [000231 The spacing and orientations/periodicity of the magnets with respect to the number and spacing of windings in the rotor should be matched, so that the fields in the gap generate additive currents in the stator windings. [00024] FIG. 4 shows a simplified cut away front view of a portion 500 of a possible another embodiment of a permanent magnet motor. In this embodiment, the orientation of the magnetic moments of successive permanent magnets in the outer rotor array 535 are each rotated 45 degrees or 7c/4 radians, with respect to an adjacent magnet. Similarly, the orientation of the magnetic moments of successive permanent magnets in the inner rotor array 355 are each rotated 45 degrees with respect to an adjacent magnet. The outer magnets 535 are oriented such that they reinforce at -90 degrees at magnet 535d and cancel at 90 degrees at magnet 535h at the gap surface 535s in the outer array 535, and the inner magnets 555 are oriented such that they reinforce at 90 degrees at magnet 555h and cancel at -90 degrees at magnet 555d at the gap surface 555s. [00025] An advantage of orienting the magnets with 45 degrees of separation, and including 90 degree orientation with respect to the stator winding 545, as shown in FIG. 4, is that it provides a higher back EMF than a 60, 30, -30, -60 degree orientations. In some embodiments the embodiment of FIG. 4 provided about a 10% higher back EMF than a 60, 30, 30, -60 degree orientations. [00026] Embodiments and implementation of the present invention are not limited to the motor embodiments shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. The magnet arrays described herein may be applied to various axial or radial motors, or to other Halbach array/cylinder/sphere devices, or the like, including wigglers, and are not limited to use in dual rotor motors. As used herein, array is intended to cover cylinders, spheres, or the like, utilizing the array structure. Furthermore, embodiments and implementations are not limited to aircraft motors, but may also be employed in automobiles, machinery, instruments, space, or other applications. [00027] It is worthy to note that any reference to "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment may be included in an embodiment, if desired. The appearances of the phrase "in one embodiment" in 7 various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. [00028] The illustrations and examples provided herein are for explanatory purposes and are not intended to limit the scope of the appended claims. This disclosure is to be considered an exemplification of the principles of the invention and is not intended to limit the spirit and scope of the invention and/or claims of the embodiment illustrated. [00029] Those skilled in the art will make modifications to the invention for particular applications of the invention. [00030] The discussion included in this patent is intended to serve as a basic description. The reader should be aware that the specific discussion may not explicitly describe all embodiments possible and alternatives are implicit. Also, this discussion may not fully explain the generic nature of the invention and may not explicitly show how each feature or element can actually be representative or equivalent elements. Again, these are implicitly included in this disclosure. Where the invention is described in device-oriented terminology, each element of the device implicitly performs a function. It should also be understood that a variety of changes may be made without departing from the essence of the invention. Such changes are also implicitly included in the description. These changes still fall within the scope of this invention. [00031] Further, each of the various elements of the invention and claims may also be achieved in a variety of manners. This disclosure should be understood to encompass each such variation, be it a variation of any apparatus embodiment, a method embodiment, or even merely a variation of any element of these. Particularly, it should be understood that as the disclosure relates to elements of the invention, 8 the words for each element may be expressed by equivalent apparatus terms even if only the function or result is the same. Such equivalent, broader, or even more generic terms should be considered to be encompassed in the description of each element or action. Such terms can be substituted where desired to make explicit the implicitly broad coverage to which this invention is entitled. It should be understood that all actions may be expressed as a means for taking that action or as an element which causes that action. Similarly, each physical element disclosed should be understood to encompass a disclosure of the action which that physical element facilitates. Such changes and alternative terms are to be understood to be explicitly included in the description. [00032] Having described this invention in connection with a number of embodiments, modification will now certainly suggest itself to those skilled in the art. The example embodiments herein are not intended to be limiting, various configurations and combinations of features are possible. As such, the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, except as required by the appended claims. 9
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1. A magnet array for a motor comprising a first array of permanent magnets being arranged such that flux from the permanent magnets reinforce on one side of the array and substantially cancel on an opposite side of the array, the array further comprising flux concentrators located at poles on the reinforcing side of the array, wherein the first array is positioned opposite a second array of permanent magnets with a winding therebetween such that the flux from the permanent magnets of the first and second arrays reinforce across the winding and substantially cancel on sides of the first and second arrays opposite the winding.
2. The magnet array of Claim 1, wherein the flux concentrators are recessed into the first array.
3. The magnet array of Claim 2, wherein exterior surfaces of the flux concentrators are aligned with exterior surfaces of adjacent magnets located along the reinforcing sides.
4. The magnet array of Claim 1, wherein the flux concentrators comprise a magnetic material having a higher flux density than the magnets.
5. The magnet array of Claim 1, wherein the first array comprises back magnets behind the flux concentrators on a side opposite the reinforcing side of the first array.
6. The magnet array of Claim 1, wherein the flux concentrators are placed into the first array such that each flux concentrator has a back magnet and is located between adjacent side magnets.
7. The magnet array of Claim 6, wherein magnetic moments of magnets adjacent to a flux concentrator either all point in a direction generally toward the adjacent flux concentrator or all point in a direction generally away from the adjacent flux concentrator.
8. The magnet array of Claim 6, wherein the flux concentrators comprise a magnetic material having a higher flux density than the magnets.
9. The magnet array of Claim 8, wherein the flux concentrators comprise iron. 11
10. The magnet array of Claim 1, wherein the flux concentrators comprise iron.
11. A motor comprising: a) an inner rotor and an outer rotor; b) a stator comprising an ironless winding between the inner rotor and the outer rotor; and c) the inner rotor and the outer rotor each comprising an array of permanent magnets being arranged such that flux from the permanent magnets reinforce on a side of the array facing the stator and substantially cancel on a side of the array opposite the stator, each array further comprising flux concentrators located at poles on the reinforcing side of the array.
12. The motor of Claim 11, wherein the flux concentrators are recessed within each array.
13. The motor of Claim 12, wherein exterior surfaces of the flux concentrators are aligned with exterior surfaces of adjacent magnets located along the stator side.
14. The motor of Claim 11, wherein the flux concentrators comprise a magnetic material having a higher flux density than the magnets.
15. The motor of Claim 11, wherein the array comprises back magnets behind the flux concentrators opposite the stator sides of the arrays.
16. The motor of Claim 11, wherein the flux concentrators are placed into the arrays such that each flux concentrator has a back magnet and is located between adjacent side magnets.
17. The motor of Claim 16, wherein magnetic moments of magnets adjacent to a flux concentrator either all point in a direction generally toward the adjacent flux concentrator, or all point in a direction generally away from the adjacent flux concentrator.
18. The motor of Claim 16, wherein the flux concentrators comprise a magnetic material having a higher flux density than the magnets.
19. The motor of Claim 11 or 18, wherein the flux concentrators comprise iron. 12
20. The motor of Claim 11, wherein the inner and outer rotors are secured together separated by a gap, and wherein the magnetic moments of the magnets in the arrays are aligned to reinforce magnetic fields across the gap. AeroVironment, Inc. Patent Attorneys for the Applicant/Nominated Person SPRUSON & FERGUSON
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