Stator of single-phase electric motor with four poles having parallel axes

{
  "publication_number": "US6023118A",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "A",
  "title": "Stator of single-phase electric motor with four poles having parallel axes",
  "abstract": "A stator of an electric motor with four poles which are all parallel to each other and arranged in mutually opposite pairs around the rotor cavity. Each pole has a pole shoe which is inclined toward the inside of the stator so as to form, in practice, the rotor cavity. The mutually closer ends of the four pole shoes are mutually rigidly coupled by two thin bridges which are parallel to the axes of the poles and by two similar thin bridges arranged transversely to the axes of the poles. The poles of each pairs of parallel poles are also mutually rigidly coupled by transverse cores which can be inserted in them and removed from them, so as to allow the insertion of the bobbins of the winding coils on the cores before the cores are fitted on the respective poles.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A stator of a single-phase shaded four-pole electric motor, comprising four poles which are substantially shaped like parallelepipeds and are arranged in pairs and side by side along parallel axes, said pairs of poles being arranged mutually opposite with respect to a cylindrical cavity adapted to accommodate a rotor of the electric motor, each pole having a pole shoe whose dimensions and inclination with respect to the axis of the respective pole are such as to allow the pole shoes to form, in a position which is centered with respect to the stator, said cavity for the rotor, mutually closer ends of said four pole shoes being mutually rigidly coupled by two bridges which are parallel to the longitudinal axes of the poles and by two similar bridges arranged transversely to the pairs of poles, so as to provide a rigid coupling of the four poles, a removable prism-shaped core being also provided between each pair of parallel poles and proximate to their most peripheral end, said core being arranged transversely to the poles so as to form a substantially rectangular empty space between said two poles, the two cores and the two opposite bridges which lie transversely to the pole, said empty space being adapted to allow the insertion of a bobbin with an excitation coil on the corresponding core so as to keep only one side of each coil inside the stator and keep the other sides of said coil outside said stator, each pair of said pairs of poles being formed by two different poles, a first one having a notch which is defined in a respective pole shoe and constitutes an auxiliary pole, and a second one having a notch which is defined in the respective pole shoe and extending on an internal side of the pole that faces the first pole, all of said four notches being substantially parallel to the axes of the poles, said two substantially rectangular empty spaces, meant to accommodate the windings, having a rectangular wider portion at the notch of the auxiliary pole defined in the internal side of one of the poles of the pair of poles and substantially parallel to said notch, said spaces being able to accommodate said short-circuited windings in order to form two mutually opposite auxiliary poles of said four auxiliary poles.",
    "2. The stator according to claim 1, wherein said four pole shoes that form said cylindrical cavity for the rotor are directed so that their axis that passes through the center of said cavity is inclined so as to form an angle of preferably 45° with respect to the longitudinal axis of the respective pole.",
    "3. The stator according to claim 1, wherein said bridges have a thickness of approximately 1 millimeter and have a rectilinear profile, without any notches.",
    "4. The stator according to claim 1, wherein the two poles of each pair of mutually opposite poles mutually diverge or are inclined outwards.",
    "5. The stator according to claim 1, wherein said excitation coils can be wound directly on one pole or the other of each pair of mutually opposite poles or on both of them, instead of around said two removable cores.",
    "6. The stator according to claim 1, wherein said empty spaces between each pair of laterally adjacent poles and the corresponding transverse bridge, each of which is meant to accommodate a prism-shaped core with a corresponding coil, have a median longitudinal axis which is parallel to the axes of the poles but is slightly shifted with respect to the median longitudinal axis that passes through the center of the cavity of the rotor, in order to allow to form in each pole said notches for accommodating short-circuited turns."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The present invention relates to a stator of a single-phase electric motor with four salient poles arranged so that their axes are parallel and arranged in two pairs which are opposite with respect to the cylindrical cavity that contains the rotor, the pole shoe of each salient pole being inclined at an angle, with respect to the axis of the respective pole, so as to allow the pole shoes to form the cylindrical cavity for the rotor.\n\nA conventional stator of a single-phase electric motor with four salient poles or the like usually has poles which are thicker than the yoke and are directed substantially radially, starting from the yoke whereto they are rigidly coupled, toward the inside of the stator. Each pole also has, at its end, a pole shoe. The four pole shoes surround the rotor without contact, i.e., they are arranged so that a cylindrical interspace (gap) is maintained between the pole shoes and the rotor. The thickness of the interspace can be constant or can be variously shaped according to the shape and arrangement of the pole shoes. Furthermore, the excitation winding is arranged around each one of the four poles and is constituted by an adapted number of turns of insulated conducting wire which, when electric current flows therethrough, induces in the stator an electromagnetic force that produces the rotation of the rotor.\n\nIt is also known that in so-called \"shaded-pole\" motors, the pole shoes are cut so as to form four auxiliary poles, around each of which a short-circuited winding is wound. The four auxiliary poles, together with the four windings, improve static torque at startup.",
  "cpc": [
    "H02K 21/185",
    "H02K 1/141"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "H02K 1/14",
    "H02K 21/18"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "European Electric Motors Design and Engr Anstalt"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Giorgio Gutris"
  ],
  "filing_date": "1998-09-02",
  "publication_date": "2000-02-08",
  "grant_date": "2000-02-08",
  "priority_date": "1998-07-06",
  "application_number": "US-14601398-A",
  "family_id": "11380380",
  "cited_by_count": 6,
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}