Abstract: A rotating electromechanical apparatus includes a cylindrical ironless stator coil comprising a plurality of wires, a magnetic rotor arranged with the stator coil, wherein the magnetic field flux associated with the rotor interacts with the stator coil wires by electromagnetic induction, a cylindrical bobbin arranged to support the wires, a strand woven on at least the outer circumference of the wire-wrapped cylindrical bobbin, and a curable potting material potting the wires, bobbin and strand to provide an ironless composite stator coil when cured.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 14, 2013
Date of Patent:
August 23, 2016
Assignee:
ThinGap, LLC
Inventors:
Leonard N. Wedman, Evan E. Frank, Donald A. Harris
Abstract: A rotating electromechanical apparatus includes a cylindrical ironless stator coil comprising a plurality of wires, a magnetic rotor arranged with the stator coil, wherein the magnetic field flux associated with the rotor interacts with the stator coil wires by electromagnetic induction, a cylindrical bobbin arranged to support the wires, a strand woven on at least the outer circumference of the wire-wrapped cylindrical bobbin, and a curable potting material potting the wires, bobbin and strand to provide an ironless composite stator coil when cured.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 14, 2013
Publication date:
November 14, 2013
Applicant:
THINGAP, LLC
Inventors:
Leonard N. WEDMAN, Evan E. FRANK, Donald A. HARRIS
Abstract: A turbo generator having a turbine configured to be driven by exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine, and an electric generator having a rotor coupled to the turbine and a stator having an ironless coil arranged with the rotor to generate electric power when the rotor is rotated by the turbine.