SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTOR WITH RADIAL AND TRANSVERSE FLUX

A switched, brushless reluctance motor (10) has a radial flux stator (12), on whose radial flux poles (15 through 18) electrical radial flux coils (21 through 24) are situated for generating a radial magnetic flux (13) acting in the radial direction upon a rotatably mounted armature (11) having at least two armature poles (19, 20), a rotating motion being impartable to the armature (11) by applying a cyclically switched power to the radial flux coils (21 through 24); during said rotation the at least two armature poles (19, 20) are rotated in the direction of the radial flux poles (15, 17) which are magnetically excited at the time in order to shorten the particular radial magnetic flux path passing through the armature poles (19, 20). The reluctance motor has a transverse flux stator (27; 57), whose transverse flux poles (28a, 28b through 31a, 31b) are associated with electrical transverse flux coils (36 through 39) for generating a transverse magnetic flux (41, 42) acting upon the armature (11) in the transverse direction, a rotating motion being impartable to the armature (11) by applying a cyclically switched power to the transverse flux coils (36 through 39).