Vibration damping in switched reluctance motors

A switched reluctance motor includes a housing 11 having an inner bore 11d extended in the axial direction, a stator 12 disposed in said inner bore of said housing and having a plurality of pairs of opposing stator pole portions which project inwards in the diametrical direction and which extend in the axial direction, and an absorbing means for absorbing vibrations of said stator disposed between said stator and said housing. The absorbing means may be grease 23 or O-rings 50, 51. Alternatively fibre glass (Fig 6) or grease (Fig 4) may be incorporated into the housing.