US 12,341,380 B2
Axial flux motor
Satoru Simizu, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Paul Richard Ohodnicki, Jr., Allison Park, PA (US); and Michael Edward McHenry, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Assigned to Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US); and U.S. Department of Energy, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed by Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/442,783.
Application 18/442,783 is a continuation of application No. 16/733,593, filed on Jan. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,936,246.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/766,825, filed on Nov. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0250568 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H02K 1/02 (2006.01); H02K 1/2796 (2022.01); H02K 3/12 (2006.01); H02K 19/10 (2006.01); H02K 21/44 (2006.01)
CPC H02K 1/2796 (2022.01) [H02K 1/02 (2013.01); H02K 3/12 (2013.01); H02K 19/10 (2013.01); H02K 21/44 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An axial flux motor comprising:
a rotor comprising a wound ribbon core, the wound ribbon core comprising a metal amorphous nanocomposite material without secondary crystallization; and
a stator assembly spaced apart from the rotor along a rotation axis of the rotor, the stator assembly comprising:
at least one second wound ribbon core comprising a metal amorphous nanocomposite material without secondary crystallization; and
a plurality of permanent magnets arranged on the at least one second wound ribbon core.