公开(公告)号：US10797574B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-06

申请号：US15990391

申请日：2018-05-25

Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc

Inventor： Simon Turvey ,  Keir Wilkie

IPC: H02P9/00 ,  H02K21/02 ,  F02C7/268 ,  H02K1/27 ,  H02K7/116 ,  H02K7/18 ,  H02K11/04 ,  H02K16/02 ,  H02P27/08 ,  F02C7/32

Abstract: An electrical machine has a stator with windings, first and second rotors, and an electrical output regulator. The first rotor carries alternating polarity first field magnets, such that, on drive mechanism rotation, the windings interact with the magnetic flux produced by the first magnets to create an EMF. The second rotor carries alternating polarity second field magnets, and has first and second rotational positions to reduce and increase, respectively, the magnetic flux energy. The electrical output regulator regulates a current from the windings to produce a torque on the rotors, as the drive mechanism increases from zero rotational speed, the torque rises above a threshold level that moves the second rotor from the first to the second rotational position, and, as the drive mechanism further increases the rotational speed, the torque peaks and then drops below the threshold level to move the second rotor back to the first rotational position.