POLYPHASE CLAW POLE MOTOR

A polyphase claw pole motor includes: a plurality of claw poles each having a plurality of claws (31) having a pole surface (31a) that faces a rotator (10) and a radial yoke part (32) that extends from the claws (31) toward an outer contour of the claw pole, the claw poles being laminated in an axial direction so as to form an inner peripheral stator part (3); a toroidal coil (4) arranged in a gap between the respective yoke parts (32) of adjacent claw poles (31); and outer peripheral yokes (50) that are circumferentially arranged on an outer side of the inner peripheral stator part (3) so as to form an outer peripheral stator part (5). The claw poles (30) are each formed of a magnetic-molded product formed by compressing magnetic powder with a surface of such powder being electrically insulated, and the outer peripheral yokes (50) are each formed of soft magnetic laminated plates. The polyphase claw pole motor further includes first positioning means (7) for positioning each of the outer peripheral yokes (50) at a predetermined position.