Abstract:
A rotor for an electric machine includes a rotor core having a plurality of rotor sheets (RS1), each of the plurality of rotor sheets including a plurality of flux guide sections, each of the plurality of flux guide sections having a plurality of flux paths and a plurality of flux barriers. The plurality of flux guide sections having a first flux guide section in which a first number of the plurality of flux barriers has a bridge interrupting the flux barrier, and a second flux guide section in which a second number of the plurality of flux barriers has a bridge interrupting the flux barrier. Each bridge is made of a material of high permeance, and the first number of the first flux guide section is different than the second number of the second flux guide section.
Abstract:
A rotor as disclosed for an electric machine which includes a rotor core having a plurality of rotor sheets stacked in an axial direction, each of the plurality of rotor sheets having a plurality of flux paths made of a material of high permeance, a plurality of flux barriers made of a material of low permeance, a plurality of bridges made of a material of high permeance, each of the plurality of bridges extending across a corresponding flux barrier, and at least one axial magnet located axially adjacent a corresponding bridge and configured to saturate the corresponding bridge, each axial magnet being axially pressed between two elements at least one of which is a bridge corresponding to the axial magnet.