Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electric motor having asymmetric configuration for generating unbalanced force
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Application No.: US15845353Application Date: 2017-12-18
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Publication No.: US10476348B2Publication Date: 2019-11-12
- Inventor: Nilesh D. Mankame , Alireza Fatemi , Avoki M. Omekanda , Thomas W. Nehl , Lei Hao
- Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Quinn IP Law
- Main IPC: H02K1/17
- IPC: H02K1/17 ; H02K7/06 ; H02K1/27 ; H02K1/26

Abstract:
An electric motor includes a rotor having a stack of laminations positioned axially relative to one another. The stack of laminations includes a first rotor lamination that is divided into a first portion and a second portion. The first rotor lamination is configured to have an asymmetric mass distribution such that the first portion has a first mass and the second portion has a second mass, with the first mass being different from the second mass. The electric motor is configured to selectively generate an unbalanced force during operation (i.e., when the rotor is spinning). The electric motor may include a stator configured to have an asymmetric magnetic field distribution. The electric motor may be employed in a haptic assembly and eliminates the need for a separate eccentric mass to generate a haptic signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190190347A1 ELECTRIC MOTOR HAVING ASYMMETRIC CONFIGURATION FOR GENERATING UNBALANCED FORCE Public/Granted day:2019-06-20
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