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A high acceleration rotary actuator motor assembly is provided comprising a plurality of phase motor elements provided in tandem on a shaft, each phase element including a rotor carrying magnets which alternate exposed poles, the rotor being connected to the shaft and surrounded by a stator formed o

A high acceleration rotary actuator motor assembly is provided comprising a plurality of phase motor elements provided in tandem on a shaft, each phase element including a rotor carrying magnets which alternate exposed poles, the rotor being connected to the shaft and surrounded by a stator formed of a plurality of interconnected segmented stator elements having a contiguous winding to form four magnetic poles, the stator being in electrical communication with a phase electric drive unit, wherein each of the poles exert a magnetic force upon the magnets carried by the rotor when the poles are electrically charged by the phase electric drive unit. The rotors and magnets of each phase motor element are offset about the shaft from one another. In addition, the phase motor elements are electrically isolated from one another.

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1. A high acceleration rotary actuator motor assembly comprising: a first phase motor element provided on a shaft, the first phase element including a first rotor carrying four magnets which alternate exposed poles, the first rotor being connected to the shaft and surrounded by a first stator formed

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A high acceleration rotary actuator motor assembly comprising: a first phase motor element provided on a shaft, the first phase element including a first rotor carrying four magnets which alternate exposed poles, the first rotor being connected to the shaft and surrounded by a first stator formed of a plurality of interconnected segmented stator elements having a contiguous winding to form four magnetic poles, the first stator being in electrical communication with a first phase electric drive unit, wherein each of the poles exert a magnetic force upon the four magnets carried by the first rotor when the poles are electrically charged by the first phase electric drive unit;a second phase motor element provided on the shaft a first distance from the first phase motor element, the second phase motor element including a second rotor carrying four magnets which alternate exposed poles, the second rotor being connected to the shaft and surrounded by a second stator formed of a plurality of interconnected segmented stator elements having a contiguous winding to form four magnetic poles, the second stator being in electrical communication with a second phase electric drive unit, wherein each of the poles exert a magnetic force upon the four magnets carried by the second rotor when the poles are electrically charged by the second phase electric drive unit;a third phase motor element provided on the shaft a second distance from the second phase motor element, the third phase motor element including a third rotor carrying four magnets which alternate exposed poles, the third rotor being connected to the shaft and surrounded by a third stator formed of a plurality of interconnected segmented stator elements having a contiguous winding to form four magnetic poles, the third stator being in electrical communication with a third phase electric drive unit, wherein each of the poles exert a magnetic force upon the four magnets carried by the third rotor when the poles are electrically charged by the third phase electric drive unit;the second rotor and magnets being offset about the shaft from the first rotor and magnets by thirty degrees of rotation;the third rotor and magnets being offset about the shaft from the first rotor and magnets by sixty degrees of rotation; andthe first, second and third phase elements being electrically isolated from one another. 2. The high acceleration rotary actuator motor assembly of claim 1, wherein the magnets of the first, second and third rotors are permanent magnets. 3. The high acceleration rotary actuator motor assembly of claim 2, wherein the permanent magnets of the first, second and third rotors each have a uniform radius around the shaft. 4. The high acceleration rotary actuator motor assembly of claim 1, wherein the cross-section of the stator of the first, second and third phase elements taken in a plane orthogonal to the axis of the shaft is square in shape. 5. The high acceleration rotary actuator motor assembly of claim 1 wherein the first, second and third phase elements each produce a square waveform torque constant. 6. The high acceleration rotary actuator motor assembly of claim 1, wherein the first phase element receives a first phase of a three-phase electric current, the second phase element receives a second phase of a three-phase electric current, and the third phase element receives a third phase of a three-phase electric current. 7. The high acceleration rotary actuator motor assembly of claim 1, wherein each of the segmented stator elements of the first, second and third phase motor elements includes a longitudinal member and a perpendicular member connected as a unitary element, the longitudinal member having parallel sides separated by first and second ends, the perpendicular member being orthogonal to and bisecting the longitudinal member, the perpendicular member having an arcuate end opposite the longitudinal member, the first end defines a receiving aperture and the second end includes an attachment post, wherein the receiving aperture is adapted to receive the receiving post of a second segmented stator element and the attachment post is adapted to be received by the receiving aperture of a third segmented stator element. 8. A high acceleration rotary actuator motor assembly comprising: a shaft carrying a first phase motor element spaced a first distance from a second phase motor element, a third phase motor element spaced a second distance from the second phase motor element, and a fourth phase motor element spaced a third distance from the third phase motor element, each motor element including a square stator formed of four interconnecting segmented stator elements, each segmented stator element including a longitudinal member and a perpendicular member connected as a unitary element, the longitudinal member having parallel sides spaced apart by first and second ends, the perpendicular member being orthogonal to the longitudinal member and having an arcuate end opposite the longitudinal member, the first end defines a receiving aperture and the second end includes an attachment post, wherein the receiving aperture is adapted to receive the receiving post of a second segmented stator element and, the attachment post is adapted to be received by the receiving aperture of a third segmented stator element;a four pole winding provided in each stator of each phase motor element;a first rotor connected to the shaft in the first phase motor element;a second rotor connected to the shaft in the second phase motor element, the second rotor is provided on the shaft π/8 radians offset from the first rotor;a third rotor connected to the shaft in the third phase motor element, the third rotor is provided on the shaft π/4 radians offset from the first rotor; anda fourth rotor connected to the shaft in the fourth phase motor element, the fourth rotor is provided on the shaft π/8 radians offset from the first rotor. 9. The high acceleration rotary actuator motor assembly of claim 8, wherein the stators of the first, second, third and fourth first phase motor elements have a square cross-sectional profile taken perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the shaft. 10. The high acceleration rotary actuator motor assembly of claim 8, further comprising: a first electric drive unit in electric communication with the first phase motor element;a second electric drive unit in electric communication with the second phase motor element;a third electric drive unit in electric communication with the third phase motor element; anda fourth electric drive unit in electric communication with the fourth phase motor element, wherein the first, second, third and fourth phase motor elements are electrically isolated from one another. 11. The high acceleration rotary actuator motor assembly of claim 8, wherein the first, second, third and fourth rotors each include a plurality of magnets. 12. The high acceleration rotary actuator motor assembly of claim 11, wherein the magnets of the first, second, third and fourth rotors are permanent magnets. 13. The high acceleration rotary actuator motor assembly of claim 12, wherein the permanent magnets of the first, second, third and fourth rotors have a uniform radius around the shaft. 14. The high acceleration rotary actuator motor assembly of claim 12, wherein the first, second, third and fourth rotors each have four permanent magnets alternating in exposed pole around the shaft. 15. The high acceleration rotary actuator motor assembly of claim 14, wherein the four permanent magnets extend along one-quarter of the circumference of the rotor for each of the first, second, third and fourth rotors. 16. A high acceleration rotary actuator motor assembly comprising: a shaft carrying a first phase motor element, a second phase motor element, and a third phase motor element provided in tandem on the shaft, each motor element including a square stator formed of four interconnecting segmented stator elements, each segmented stator element including a longitudinal member and a perpendicular member connected as a unitary element, the longitudinal member having parallel sides spaced apart by first and second ends, the perpendicular member being orthogonal to the longitudinal member and having an arcuate end opposite the longitudinal member, the first end defines a receiving aperture and the second end includes an attachment post, wherein the receiving aperture is adapted to receive the receiving post of a second segmented stator element and the attachment post is adapted to be received by the receiving aperture of a third segmented stator element;a four pole winding provided in each stator of each phase motor element;a first rotor connected to the shaft in the first phase motor element, the first rotor carrying four permanent magnets of a uniform radius and alternating in exposed pole around the shaft;a second rotor connected to the shaft in the second phase motor element, the second rotor carrying four permanent magnets of a uniform radius and alternating in exposed pole around the shaft, the permanent magnets of the second rotor being provided on the shaft π/6 radians offset from the magnets of the first rotor; anda third rotor connected to the shaft in the third phase motor element, the third rotor carrying four permanent magnets of a uniform radius and alternating in exposed pole around the shaft, the permanent magnets of the third rotor being provided on the shaft π/3 radians offset from the magnets of the first rotor. 17. The high acceleration rotary actuator motor assembly of claim 16, further comprising: a first electric drive unit in electric communication with the first phase motor element;a second electric drive unit in electric communication with the second phase motor element; anda third electric drive unit in electric communication with the third phase motor element, wherein the first, second, and third phase motor elements are electrically isolated from one another. 18. The high acceleration rotary actuator motor assembly of claim 16, further comprising: a first electric drive unit in electric communication with the first phase motor element through a first input terminal connection and a first output terminal connection;a second electric drive unit in electric communication with the second phase motor element through a second input terminal connection and a second output terminal connection; anda third electric drive unit in electric communication with the third phase motor element through a third input terminal connection and a third output terminal connection, wherein the first; second, and third phase motor elements are electrically isolated from one another such that the first terminal connections are electrically isolated from the second and third terminal connections and the second terminal connections are electrically isolated from the third terminal connections.