US3793548A - Winding for electromechanical transducers with coreless rotor - Google Patents

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US3793548A
US3793548A US00330231A US3793548DA US3793548A US 3793548 A US3793548 A US 3793548A US 00330231 A US00330231 A US 00330231A US 3793548D A US3793548D A US 3793548DA US 3793548 A US3793548 A US 3793548A
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  • the performance characteristics of the trans- 2,759,116 8/1956 Glass 310/266 x ducer may be Optimized 3,191,081 6/1965 Faulhaber 3,223,867 12/1965 Shapiro 310/206 X 10 Claims, 14 Drawing Figures 11 o L- 360 el Pmemw 91w 3.793548 QHEEY S UF 6 FIG. 7
  • FIGJZ SHEU 6 [IF 6 WINDING FOR E-LECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS WITH CORELESS ROTOR BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1.
  • the present invention relates to mechanical transducers, and more particularly to an improved winding arrangement therefor.
  • windings Two types have been developed for coreless rotors of electromechanical transducers.
  • One type hereinafter referred to as a rectangular loop winding, is composed of closed loops formed of active portions oriented in parallel with the axial direction of the rotor, and head portion oriented in parallel with the tangential direction, which is perpendicular to both the axial and radial directions of the rotor.
  • Such windings are il-,
  • the second type of winding consists entirely of active portions which are inclined to both the axial and tangential directions.
  • Such windings may be either lap windings, as described in Czechoslovakian Patent No. 486,150 or wave windings, as described in German Patent No. 1,188,709. Both wave windings and lap windings are customarily formed of one single length of wire, with taps for connection to a source of power provided where desired. Rectangular loop windings and lap windings are also described in my U.S. Pat. No. 3,467,847. I
  • the rectangular loop windings are best adapted for use with units having stators with discrete rectangular poles in the magnetic circuit, whereas the distributed lap and wave windings are better suited to a sinusoidal stator field distribution.
  • Distributed windings which are without inactive head portions have the lowest possible winding resistance, because less wire is needed.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a winding arrangement by which higher starting torques may be obtained.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a winding arrangement by which a smaller time constant may be obtained.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a winding arrangement by which a smaller figure for the weight-to-power ratio is obtained.
  • a winding for an electromechanical transducer having loops with an active portion inclined to both the axial and tangential directions, and an inactive head portion aligned with the tangential direction.
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view of a developed winding formed in accordance with the so-called wave winding arrangement
  • FIG. 4 is a plan view of three poles of a developed stator arrangement, including a graph illustrating the flux density in the space occupied by the rotor;
  • FIG. 5 is a graph illustrating the flux density in the space adjacent a different stator arrangement
  • FIG. 6 is a plan view of a developed winding formed in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a plan view of a developed winding formed in accordance with another embodiment of the present .invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a graph illustrating the relationship of certain parameters of a winding formedin accordancewith the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic illustration of the current flowing through various portions of a winding constructed in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 10a is a cross'section taken through a two pole transducer having a stator arrangement for producing a sinusoidal field; 7 7
  • FIG. 10b is a cross-section taken through a four pole transducer having a stator arrangement for'producing a pulse type field;
  • FIG. 11 is a series of graphs illustrating the relation-' ship of various parameters in a transducer incorporating the present invention and having a stator arrangement like that shown in FIG. 10a;
  • FIG. I2 is a series of graphs illustrating the relationship of various parameters in a transducer incorporating the present invention and-having a stator arrangement like that shown in FIG. 10b; and 7
  • FIG. 13 is a graph showing the relationship of efficiency to torque ina transducer incorporating the present invention, compared with one employing a prior art winding.
  • FIGS. 1 to 3 illustrate three different views of developed winding arrangements employed in the prior art.
  • a developed winding is one which has been straightened from its normal circular-cylindrical configuration into a plane, for the purpose of illustrating the relationship of the various parts of the winding.
  • the various loops of a rectangular loop winding have active portions 10 which are parallel to the axial direction of the rotor, and inactive portions 11, which are parallel to the tangential direction of the rotor.
  • the inactive portions 11 are hereinafter referred to as winding heads.
  • the winding heads are not active because they do not cross the magnetic flux produced by the stator field arrangement.
  • the flux, in a plan view of a developed winding. is aligned generally in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper.
  • FIGS. l-3 The area in which the stator flux is effective is illustrated in FIGS. l-3 by a shaded area 100.
  • the active portions of the windings pass through the area 100, and a rotational force is produced by the interaction of cur rent flowing through the winding and the magnetic flux.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 no winding heads or inactive portions are included in the windings shown; in each case, the entire winding is made up of a series of loops having inclined portions 13, oriented at an angle to the axial direction and also at an angle to the tangential direction of the rotor.
  • the winding illustrated in FIG. 2 is a lap winding, and the winding'of FIG. 3 is a wave wind-
  • the rectangular loop winding of FIG. 1 is most suited to a stator pole arrangement which is shown in developed condition in FIG. 4.
  • the poles N and S are discrete elements having rectangular cross-sections.
  • a graph of the flux density B, along a line parallel to the faces of the poles N and S in the space occupied by the rotor, is illustrated in FIG. 4.
  • the flux density B increases abruptly to a positive value in the space aligned with the north poles N and increases abruptly to a negative value in the space aligned with the south pole S.
  • the distance extending between centers of two adjacent poles of the same polarity corresponds to 360 electrical degrees, as illustrated in FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a graph of flux density produced by a different stator arrangement, in relation to points along a line in the space occupied by the rotor.
  • the flux density B illustrated in FIG. 5 is sinusoidal in shape, and
  • FIG. 6 A plan view of 360 electrical degrees of a developed winding incorporating the present invention is illustrated in FIG. 6.
  • the winding of FIG. 6 is composed of loops, each of which has an active portion 13 inclined to both the axial and tangential directions of the rotor, and an inactive winding head portion 11, oriented in a direction generally aligned with the tangential direction.
  • the shaded area 100 shows the area of the stator flux.
  • a section of one loop of the winding is also illustrated in FIG. 6, illustrating that the inactive portion 11 is aligned generally in a tangential direction.
  • FIG. 6 is of the wave winding type in FIG. 7 a plan view of a developed winding of the lap winding type is illustrated, incorporating another embodiment of the present invention.
  • the winding of FIG. 7 incorporates inactive winding head portions 11 which are aligned generally in a peripheral direction relative to the rotor, while the inclined portions 13 are inclined to both the radial direction of the rotor and also to its tangential direction.
  • a winding constructed in accordance with the present invention having an inactive head portion 11 which is aligned with the tangential direction of the rotor, may be referred to as an inclined winding with a winding head or as a trapeze winding.
  • a feature of the present invention relates tothe length of the winding head 11 in relation to the tip-totip length of the loop in the tangential direction. Varying the relative length of the winding head 11, in relation to the tip'to-tip length of the loop, changes the characteristics of the transducer incorporating the winding, so that the optimum parameters for a variety of circumstances may be produced, by selecting the appropriate length of the winding head 11 in relation to the tip-to-tip length of each loop.
  • FIG. 8 shows electrical degrees of a single loop of a winding incorporated in the present invention.
  • the winding may be similar to that shown in FIG. 7, for example, in which case the upper left hand quarter of a loop is represented in FIG. 8 by the lines 11 and 13,-
  • the vertical scale indicates, on a scale from O to l, the height H of the winding, as well as the current i and the flux density B.
  • the horizontal scale indicates on a scale from 0 to l, the proportion of the inactive portion 11 to the loop length which, in the example of FIG. 8, extends over 90 electrical degrees, relative to the stator field.
  • the quarter loop of FIG. 8 has its portion 11 equal to 40 percent ofthe loop length, as shown by the upper scale. Beyond the portion illustrated in FIG. 8 the inclined portion 13 of the winding extends in the direction of an arrow 13] when it is a wave winding type, and it extends in the direction of an arrow 132 when'it is a lap winding type.
  • the stator flux may be either a sinusoidal type, 90 electrical degrees of which are illustrated by the curve 14, or a pulse type, 90 electrical degrees of which are illustrated by the curve 15.
  • the present invention has aeonstruction in which the relative-winding head length WKB lies intermediate 0 to 1.
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic illustration of the current in a developed winding constructed in accordance with the present invention, over360 electrical degrees, resulting from connection to a current source at two points spaced electrical degrees apart.
  • the connections to the current source are via lines 23 and 24, and are made via slip rings, a commutator, or the like.
  • the resulting flow of current has a downward direction, as illustrated in FIG. 9, and in the zone 17 the current has an upward direction.
  • both of the zones 16 and 17 there is some current which flows in the winding heads in a tangential direction and contributes nothing to the production of torque. The nature of this current is explained in greater detail in German Patent No. l,l88,709.
  • the graph illustrated in FIG. 8 can be employed to calculate certain parameters of the transducer including the time constant and the starting torque.
  • the starting torque is proportional to the product of the current 1' within the winding and the flux density B.
  • the incremental force is calculated by the relation:
  • T fi( u/ wherein 1 represents the combined lengths of the inactive winding-head 11 as well as the active portion 13, and f, is a function symbol.
  • the flux 4) is dependent upon the characteristics of the magnetic circuit of the stator of the transducer.
  • FIGS. a and 10h embodiments of the present invention are illustrated, employing two different stator arrangements.
  • the arrangement illustrated in FIG. 10a is primarily intended for a two pole machine, while the arrangement of FIG. 10b is primarily designed for a multi-pole machine.
  • Both systems employ a surrounding ferromagnetic shield ER and magnets M spaced inwardly from the outer shield ER. Accordingly, flux is produced in a gap between the outer shield ER and the interior parts of the apparatus, as conventional in the art.
  • the rotor winding rotates in this gap.
  • the apparatus of FIG. 10a employs a single magnet M of circular configuration, while four magnets M are employed in the apparatus of FIG. 10b, together with an interior ferromagnetic member ER to complete the magnetic circurt. I
  • flux distribution in the air gap between the shield ER and the magnet M is generally sinusoidal.
  • the flux density reaches a maximum along a horizontal line bisecting the apparatus of FIG. 10a, and a minimum along a vertical line bisecting the apparatus.
  • the rotor in making one complete revolution, thus passes through a complete cycle of sinusoidal flux density.
  • the waveform of the flux density is rectangular in shape, reaching a maximum value at locations adjacent to the magnets M and a minimum between such locations.
  • FIGS. 11 and 12 Curves illustrating the characteristics of transducers employing the present invention are illustrated in FIGS. 11 and 12.
  • WKB which, as in FIG. 8, describes the relative length of the winding head, in proportionto the length of a winding loop.
  • FIG. 11 As the WKB dimension increases, the change in the parameters is illustrated in FIG. 11.
  • the curves of FIG. 11 hold for the sinusoidal system illustrated in FIG. 10a and the curves of FIG. 12 hold for the pulse type stator arrangement illustrated in FIG. 10b.
  • the curves of FIG. 12 are plotted on the same scale, namely in terms of the relative winding head length WKB on a scale from 0 to l.
  • the starting torque curves are designated Md and four such curves are illustrated in FIG. II, in accordance with the length ofa loop ofthe winding in relation to the tangential distance between adjacent poles of the stator field. This is indicated in FIG. I] by the parameter MB.
  • the loop length is the same as the distance between adjacent poles of the stator field.
  • the coil length is equal to one-fourth of the distance between poles of the stator field.
  • the starting torque Md reaches a maximum when the winding head length is approximately one-half of the total length of the loop,
  • the time constants r for the four different values of MB are also illustrated in FIG. I I.
  • the minimum values for the time constants when MB is approximately.0.50 to 0.75 occurs at about the same value of WKB as the maximum starting torques. For higher values of WKB, the condition becomes worse, with decreasing starting torques and higher time constants.
  • transducers having higher values of WKB increase in size due to the increased length of the winding head, and the weight of the transducer increases accordingly. It is therefore desirable to choose a compromise value of WKB, where size and weight are tolerable, and the starting torque and time constant are improved.
  • the magnet width meaning the tangential dimension of the magnet M.
  • the starting torque Md has a distinct maximum and the time constant 1- hasa distinct minimum at another value of WKB in FIG. 12. Accordingly, if a transducer with maximum starting torque is desired, WKB is chosen at about 0.5, while, if a minimum time constant is desired, a WKB value of 0.7 is chosen.
  • the cross-section of the ferromagnetic shield ER may also be smaller, which appreciably reduces the size and weight of the transducer.
  • the selection ofdifferent magnet widths does not appreciably affect the heat-emitting surface of the transducer so that, for a given magnet width, if the parameters of the winding are optimized, an optimal transducer may be designed.
  • a winding incorporated in the present invention is usable not only with motors and generators, but also with prime movers whose armatures do not rotate in complete revolutions, such as in measuring devices, for example.
  • the present invention may also be employed when the rotor and the stator exchange their roles in the known manner, and the winding described herein is stationary while the magnetic field generating system rotates about the stationary winding.
  • winding heads 14 have been shown as being oriented in a tangential direction, they may also be constructed to have a radial component, so as to form chords at the axial ends of the windings. Windings constructed in accordance with the present inventions may be either distributed, by being wound from a single length of wire, or alternatively they may he formed as individual loops.
  • a winding for said rotor comprising a plurality of loops, each of said loops having an active portion inclined to the axial direction of said rotor and inclined to the tangential direction of said rotor and an inactive winding head portion oriented generally perpendicularly to said radial direction.
  • a winding for said rotor comprising a plurality of loops, each of said loops having an active portion inclined to the axial direction of said rotor and inclined to the peripheral direction of said rotor and an inactive winding head portion connected with said active portion, said winding head portion having a tangential length of between 0.4 and 0.7 of the length of said loop.
  • a winding for said rotor comprising a plurality .of loops, each of said loops having an active portion inclined to the axial direction of said rotor and inclined to the peripheral direction of said rotor and an inactive winding head portion connected with said active portion, said winding head portion having a tangential length of between 0.4 and 0.7 of the distance between two points separated by electrical degrees of said field.
  • an electromechanical transducer having means for generating a magnetic field
  • the combination comprising a winding located within said field, and means for rotating said magnetic field relative to said winding, said winding having a plurality of loops, each of said loops having an active portion inclined to the axial direction of said rotor and inclined to the tangential direction of said rotor and an inactive winding head portion, said winding head portion being oriented generally perpendicularly to said radial direction.
  • Apparatus according to claim 9 wherein said means for rotating comprises means for supporting said winding and means for rotating said field generating means.

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