Patent attributes
A permanent magnet rotary electric machine includes: a stator in which a plurality of teeth and a plurality of slots are formed on an inner periphery of a cylindrical stator core, and a winding wire is wound around the teeth so as to be disposed in the slots; and a rotor disposed in a hollow portion of the stator with an air gap between the rotor and the stator. In the rotor, 2n or more (n is a natural number equal to or larger than 1) radial projections are provided on an outer periphery of a rotor core, and a ferrite magnet is disposed between adjacent projections. A radial height of the projection is less than a thickness of middle of the ferrite magnet.