ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH SEPARABLE MAGNET CARRIER

The present disclosure is directed to a gas turbine engine 10 comprising an electric machine 100 defining a longitudinal direction, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction, and an axial centerline 12 defined along the longitudinal direction. The electric machine 100 includes a rotor assembly 101 that includes a plurality of carriers 110 arranged along the circumferential direction. Each pair of carriers 110 defines a carrier gap 115 therebetween along the circumferential direction, and each carrier 110 includes a rotor magnet 111, 112. The rotor assembly 101 further includes an outer ring 120 radially outward of and surrounding the plurality of carriers 110 along the circumferential direction, the outer ring 120 defining a unitary structure.