Gearless direct drive switched reluctance motor for laundry application
CA 2021106 C · Owner: Erdman, David M. · Inventors: Harms, Harold B.; Erdman, David M.; Wiedemann, Gustave F.
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A drive system for a laundry machine utilizing a switched reluctance motor of three or more phases and with stator/rotor pole ratios selected from the ratios of 6:4 and 8:6 with the actual number of poles being a multiple of 2 or more times those numbers. A stator/rotor gap of 10-20 mils is maintained in large diameter motors and cooling for the coils and electronic components positioned within the motor is provided.
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- Filed July 12, 1990 and granted December 28, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 12, 2010.
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