1. A digitally encoded switch system for operating a plurality of vehicle lamps comprising:
a plurality of vehicle lamps;
a multi-position switch circuit having a plurality of selectable switch positions, the multi-position switch circuit being connected to a voltage source and including a plurality of switch contacts for selectively connecting given ones of the switch contacts to the voltage source for creating different open and closed circuit conditions for corresponding positions of the multi-position switch circuit;
a control module including a microprocessor connected to the multi-position switch circuit and to the plurality of vehicle lamps for illuminating selected ones of the vehicle lamps in accordance with the open and closed circuit conditions created by the multi-position switch circuit.
2. The digitally encoded switch system of claim 1 in which the switch contacts of the multi-position switch circuit provide digitally coded signals wherein an open circuit condition manifests a first binary state and a closed circuit condition manifests a second binary state, and wherein the control module microprocessor is responsive to the digitally coded signals manifested by the circuit conditions of the multi-position switch circuit to illuminate selected ones of the vehicle lamps in accordance with the digital code; and
wherein the digitally encoded switch system includes failure mode robustness via decode software that that interprets circuit state failure modes when a line is permanently shorted or open and provides a best lighting function alternative that most closely resembles a lighting function selected by the user.
3. The digitally encoded switch system of claim 2, wherein the plurality of vehicle lamps include a left low beam headlamp and a left high beam headlamp, a right low beam headlamp and a right high beam headlamp, a left front fog lamp, a right front fog lamp, a left rear fog lamp, a right rear fog lamp, a left park lamp, and a right park lamp.
4. The digitally encoded switch system of claim 2, wherein a relay driver circuit, a multifunction switch and a relay are connected between the microprocessor and left and right high beam headlamp to selectively illuminate the headlamps in accordance with output signals from the microprocessor.
5. The digitally encoded switch system of claim 4, wherein the multi function switch can selectively illuminate the headlamps independent high beams or flash to pass (ftp) independent of a microprocessor failure.
6. The digitally encoded switch system of claim 2, wherein a left low beam high side driver circuit and a right low beam high side driver circuit are connected between the microprocessor and the left low beam headlamp and right low beam headlamp respectively to selectively illuminate the headlamps in accordance with output signals from the microprocessor.
7. The digitally encoded switch system of claim 2, wherein a front fog lamp relay and a rear fog lamp relay are connected between the multi-position switch circuit and the left front, right front, and left rear, right rear fog lamps respectively to selectively illuminate the fog lamps in accordance with output signals from the microprocessor.
8. The digitally encoded switch system of claim 2, further comprising:
an autolamp sensor device connected to the control module to provide ambient light information to the control module.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An axial flux electric motor, comprising:
a housing;
a stator having a solitary ferrous core and fixedly secured to said housing and defining an inner periphery and an outer periphery therefore;
a solitary rotor rotatably secured to said housing, the rotor including a ferrite magnet, the magnet defining at least one an outer periphery extending beyond said stator in a direction normal to the rotation of said rotor and an inner periphery extending beyond said stator in a direction normal to the rotation of said rotor, at least one of said stator or said rotor adapted for use in a fluid moving application.
2. The motor as in claim 1, wherein the ferrite magnet is generally ring shaped
3. The motor as in claim 1, wherein the ferrite magnet has a plurality of magnet segments
4. The motor as in claim 1, wherein a skewed magnetic field is induced into the magnet.
5. The motor as in claim 1, wherein the outer periphery of said ferrite magnet extends outwardly beyond said stator in a direction normal to the rotation of said ring.
6. The motor as in claim 1, wherein the inner periphery of said ferrite magnet extends inwardly beyond said stator in a direction normal to the rotation of said ring.
7. The motor as in claim 1:
wherein the outer periphery of said magnet extends beyond said stator in a direction normal to the rotation of said rotor a first extension distance;
wherein the inner periphery of said magnet extends beyond said stator in a direction normal to the rotation of said rotor a second extension distance;
wherein the ferrous core is generally ring shaped defining a ferrous core radial distance; and
wherein the first extension distance and the second extension distance may be as large as the ferrous core radial distance.
8. The motor as in claim 1:
wherein the outer periphery of said magnet extends beyond said stator in a direction normal to the rotation of said rotor, the outer periphery of said magnet defining a magnet diameter;
wherein the ferrous core of said stator defines a stator core diameter; and
wherein the magnet diameter may be as much as 50 percent larger than stator core diameter.
9. The motor as in claim 1:
wherein the rotor further includes a rotor core, the rotor core being generally ring shaped, said rotor core defining a rotor core inner periphery, a rotor core outer periphery and a rotor core radial distance between the rotor core inner periphery and the rotor core outer periphery;
wherein the outer periphery of said magnet extends beyond said rotor core in a direction normal to the rotation of said rotor a first extension distance;
wherein the inner periphery of said magnet extends beyond said rotor core in a direction normal to the rotation of said rotor a second extension distance; and
wherein the first extension distance and the second extension distance may be as large as the rotor core radial distance.
10. The motor as in claim 1:
wherein the rotor farther includes a rotor core, the rotor core being generally ring shaped, said rotor core defining a rotor core inner periphery, a rotor core outer periphery and a rotor core radial distance between the rotor core inner periphery and the rotor core outer periphery;
wherein the outer periphery of said magnet extends beyond said rotor core in a direction no mal to the rotation of said rotor, the outer periphery of said magnet defining a magnet diameter;
wherein the rotor core of said rotor defines a rotor core diameter; and
wherein the magnet diameter may be as much as 50 percent larger than rotor core diameter.
11. The motor as in claim 1:
wherein said ferrite magnet includes one of a protrusion and a recess;
wherein said rotor includes one of a protrusion and a recess; and
wherein the one of a protrusion and a recess of said ferrite magnet cooperates with the one of a protrusion and a recess of said rotor to secure said ferrite magnet to said rotor.
12. The motor as in claim 1, wherein the fluid moving application is one of an air flowing application, a liquid pumping application, a HVAC application and a blower premix application.
13. A rotor assembly or rotatable placement in a housing and for use with a stator to provide a axial flux electric motor, said rotor comprising:
a rotor rotatably secured to the housing, the rotor including:
a ferrite magnet, the magnet defining at least one an outer periphery extending beyond said stator in a direction normal to the rotation of said rotor and an inner periphery extending beyond said stator in a direction normal to the rotation of said rotor, at least one of said stator or said rotor adapted for use in a fluid moving application.
14. The rotor as in claim 13, wherein the ferrite magnet is generally ring shaped
15. The rotor as in claim 13, wherein the ferrite magnet has a plurality of magnet segments
16. The rotor as in claim 13, wherein a skewed magnetic field is induced into the magnet.
17. The rotor as in claim 13, wherein the outer periphery of said ferrite magnet extends beyond said stator in a direction normal to the rotation of said ring.
18. The rotor as in claim 13, wherein the inner periphery of said ferrite magnet extends beyond said stator in a direction normal to the rotation of said ring.
19. The rotor as in claim 13, wherein the fluid moving application is one of an air flowing application, a HVAC application and a blower premix application.
20. A method for fabricating a motor, said method comprising the steps of:
fabricating a first set of motor parts including a first rotor using neo magnets and a first stator for use in a neo motor;
fabricating a second set of motor parts including a second rotor using ferrite magnets for use in a
ferrite motor;
ascertaining the motor magnet type, ferrite or neo;
selecting one of the first rotor and the second rotor in accordance with desired motor magnet type; and
assembling a motor with one of first rotor and the second rotor and first stator such that the desired motor magnet type is substantially provided.