Coil Retainers Or Slot Closers Patents (Class 310/214)
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Publication number: 20120169172Abstract: A method for manufacturing a stator bar includes providing a conductor with an insulation around it, and wrapping an expandable tape around the insulation. The stator bar can be used to manufacture a stator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTDInventors: Alexander Rene ANDERTON, Dieter STOLL, Massimiliano VEZZOLI
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Patent number: 8203240Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes: a stator that including a stator core and a teeth section, with a stator coil wound at the teeth section; a rotor arranged via a clearance at an inner periphery side of the stator and supported in a freely rotating manner; and a distribution unit supported by a resin holder, and including a conductor connected to the stator coil. The rotating electrical machine is cooled by coolant. The stator coil includes a coil end section projecting from an end of the stator in an axial direction. A gap is formed between an end of the stator core and a lower surface of the distribution unit by mounting the distribution unit on an upper part of the coil end section. The gap constitutes a path for the coolant.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2008Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuhiro Hoshino, Kenichi Nakayama, Nobuyuki Kajiya, Takayuki Koizumi, Toshiaki Ueda
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Publication number: 20120133238Abstract: A stator includes a stator core, slots, coils, an interphase insulation sheet, and wedges. The interphase insulation sheet is provided between coil ends of adjacent coils having different phases among the coils. The interphase insulation sheet includes a first sheet body portion, a second sheet body portion, and a first bridge portion. The first and second sheet body portions respectively have first and second retaining pieces. The first retaining piece projects from the first sheet body portion toward the second sheet body portion in the developed state of the interphase insulation sheet. The second retaining piece projects from the second sheet body portion toward the first sheet body portion in the developed state of the interphase insulation sheet. The first and second retaining pieces are retained by projecting portions of the wedges.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2011Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yutaka SHOJI, Takuo NOZAWA
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Publication number: 20120133237Abstract: A wedge for a stator of a generator with preformed coil windings includes a retaining portion for retaining coil windings. The retaining portion covers at least part of two neighbouring stator slots. A mounting projection at a bottom surface of the retaining portion for mounting the wedge to a top surface of a stator tooth is located between the two neighbouring stator slots.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2011Publication date: May 31, 2012Inventor: Mohammad Kimiabeigi
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Publication number: 20120112597Abstract: Stator designs have wide-mouth slots between adjacent poles. Wire coils with high slot fill conductivity are formed around the poles. In some designs, the wire coils are wave wound around the poles. Thick bar conductors can be used for making the wire coils. The wire coils may be inserted using nozzle dispensers or transferred from a pre-form mandrel. In other designs, the wire coils are pre-formed on transferable pockets that are then mounted on the poles. Optional pole extensions or shoes can be attached to the stator poles after the wire coils are formed around the poles.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: ATOP S.p.A.Inventors: Raffaele Becherucci, Massimo Pelletta, Rodolfo Pes, Gianfranco Stratico
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Patent number: 8169119Abstract: An electric machine having a rotor and a stator that encloses the rotor. The stator is closed at its end faces by flanges. A slot insulation is applied in an axial direction to the stator and has means of centering the rotor and/or the flanges with respect to the stator.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2009Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Minebea, Co., LtdInventors: Willi Eppler, Ullrich Kreiensen, Jurgen Schill
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Publication number: 20120091851Abstract: A rotary electric machine comprises a rotor rotatable within a stator assembly, the stator assembly comprising a stator body defining a plurality of stator slots accommodating electrical conductors, a slot liner being provided within each slot to provide electrical insulation between the stator body and the electrical conductors, wherein each slot liner protrudes from an end of the stator slot and carries an armour element to protect the slot liner and associated conductors from erosion whilst permitting efficient cooling.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: GOODRICH CONTROL SYSTEMSInventor: Stephen Mark Hearn
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Patent number: 8129880Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for improving operational characteristics of a concentrated winding machine. According to an example embodiment, an apparatus comprises stator teeth having distal ends, the stator teeth arranged in an annular fashion about an axis to define stator slots between adjacent teeth and slot openings between the distal ends of the adjacent teeth, the stator teeth structured to prevent relative movement between adjacent teeth. The apparatus further comprises magnetic wedges structured to be inserted between the distal ends of the adjacent teeth to close the slot openings.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2007Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Khwaja M. Rahman, Edward L. Kaiser, Matthew D. Laba
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Patent number: 8125113Abstract: A wound core assembly for an electrical machine comprising a stack of laminations defining a core having a plurality of poles, the wound core assembly further comprising at least one slot wedge, wherein the slot wedge comprises a first portion arranged between adjacent poles and at least one second portion protruding from the first portion and abutting an end face of the core in the region of at least one of the poles. The at least one second portion may apply axial pressure to the end face to reduce the tendency of the laminations to splay axially outwards.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2009Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Nidec SR Drives Ltd.Inventors: Michael James Turner, Simon David Gibson
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Patent number: 8125118Abstract: The invention concerns a winding head isolation element (1) with a body (2, 3) having a first longitudinal side (5), a second longitudinal side (6), a first transversal side (7) and a second transversal side (8), and a tongue portion (9) projecting from the first longitudinal side (5), the body (2, 3) and the tongue portion (9) being made of a flat material. It is endeavored to keep the efforts and costs for the mounting of the isolation element on a winding head small. For this purpose, the body (2, 3) is deformable around an axis (4) extending transversely to the tongue portion (9) and has at least one opening (21, 22) extending transversely to the tongue portion (9), said tongue portion (9) being adapted for insertion through the opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2008Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Secop GmbHInventor: Iwer Nissen
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Patent number: 8125114Abstract: A locking wedge for a slot of a dynamoelectric machine is provided. The locking wedge includes a main body extending in an axial direction. The main body has a top surface and a bottom surface with a greater surface area than the top surface, and a first end surface and a second end surface opposed to the first end surface. First and second locking slots extend in the axial direction into a portion of the main body. The first locking slot begins in the first end surface and the second locking slot begins in the second end surface. A first locking member is disposed to fit into the first locking slot, and a second locking member is disposed to fit into the second locking slot. The first and second locking members can be inserted into the first and second locking slots, respectively, to lock the locking wedge in the slot.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2009Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Brock M. Lape, Benjamin A. Mancuso, Michael C. Villani
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Patent number: 8120227Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine comprising a rotor shaft, a stack of laminations, which is coaxial to the rotor shaft and which comprises at least two radially-projecting poles, a field coil which is wound around each pole, such that the ends of the coil project out axially in relation to each external axial end radial face of the lamination stack and two plates for supporting the lamination stack, which are disposed axially on either side of the stack, housings being provided in the internal radial face of each plate for receiving the coil ends. At least one of the housings comprises a contact surface with the external radial face of the associated coil end.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2006Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques MoteurInventors: Virginie Leroy, Marc Tunzini
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Publication number: 20120032551Abstract: A stator includes a ring-shaped stator core having a plurality of slots arranged in a circumferential direction and a stator coil wound around the slots. The stator coil disposed within the slots is fixed by an impregnating material applied from an inner peripheral side of the stator core. An innermost-diameter coil wire of the stator coil positioned on the innermost-diameter side within the slots is provided with a first angle section that is angled towards an outward core-diameter direction side from a center section in a core-axis direction towards one end side, and a second angle section that is angled towards the outward core-diameter direction side from the center section in the core-axis direction towards another end side. The center section in the core-axis direction of the innermost-diameter coil wire projects towards an inward core-diameter direction side.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shigenori Yoneda, Toshiaki Oohara
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Patent number: 8110958Abstract: An electric motor has a rotor, a stator encompassing the rotor, at least one bearing bracket, and a rotor cover. The rotor cover has at least one cover cap extending from the bearing bracket to at least the front face of the stator, which faces the bearing bracket. The invention also relates to a rotor cover for an inner rotor motor, having at least one cover cap and cover fins adjoining the cover cap. The cover cap has a tapering portion from the side where the cover fins are mounted. The cover fins have a length corresponding to at least half of the length of the stator of the electric motor.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2006Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Michal Kalavsky, Jörg Skrippek, Robert Valo
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Publication number: 20120025639Abstract: A high-speed sleeveless rotor for an electric machine is provided. The rotor includes a shaft rotatable about a longitudinal axis, and a rotor core circumscribing at least a portion of the shaft wherein the rotor core includes an axially oriented slot. The slot includes a radially outer slot opening, a radially inner slot floor, and a slot sidewall extending therebetween. The slot floor includes a topstick attachment member extending radially outward from the slot floor and configured to engage a topstick positioned in the slot opening and the slot sidewall includes a shoulder configured to engage the topstick, preventing radially outward movement of the topstick.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2010Publication date: February 2, 2012Inventors: Jan Zywot, Xiaochuan Jia, Norman K. Austin
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Patent number: 8097995Abstract: A split stator for an electric motor includes a core having a tooth portion, a coil formed around the tooth portion, insulation spacers arranged between a surface of the tooth portion and an inner periphery of the coil, and holding the inner periphery of the coil with a space kept from the surface of the tooth portion, and a resin filler material having high thermal conductivity and filling the space. The resin filler material is configured to allow heat release from the inner periphery of coil to the core.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2008Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinichi Iizuka, Kouzou Kimura, Kazushi Kusawake, Yutaka Komatsu, Kazutaka Tatematsu
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Patent number: 8093769Abstract: A rotating electric machine including an edgewise coil formed of a rectangular wire is efficiently cooled. The edgewise coil is formed by winding the rectangular wire around a tooth. In order to wind the rectangular wire around the tooth of rectangular shape, supporting portions determining the position of the edgewise coil relative to the tooth are provided. A coolant flows through a cooling water channel provided between the tooth and the edgewise coil formed of the rectangular wire and positioned by the supporting portions.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2008Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tomoka Sonohara
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Patent number: 8084914Abstract: A downhole electric motor device has a longitudinally extending tubular housing; a stator part deployed within the tubular housing; a stator coil winding looped through the stator part with an end turn having an apex; and a connecting device connecting between at least one of the coil windings and an end of the housing adjacent to an end of the stator part, thereby supporting the coil winding.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2009Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Patrick M. McCartney, David Fielder
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Patent number: 8076819Abstract: According to one embodiment, a rotary machine stator includes a cylindrical stator core, an insulating film, and a ring-shaped insulator. The stator core includes a slot and a slot opening. The insulating film is formed cylindrical to be in close contact with the inner surface of the slot. The insulating film includes a gate on both ends that is bent to form a film opening as wide as or wider than the slot openings. The insulating film is inserted in the slot such that a film axial direction end of the insulating film protrudes from an axial direction end of the stator core. The insulator is attached to both ends of the stator core. The insulator includes an insulator slot and an insulator opening in substantially the same shape as the slot and the slot opening, respectively, and a lock to lock the film axial direction end.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2010Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Fujitsu General LimitedInventor: Yoshihiro Taema
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Publication number: 20110291518Abstract: A rotor assembly for a generator includes a rotor hub, a first rotor pole, a second rotor pole, and an element (e.g., wedge). Each rotor pole extends from the rotor hub, and includes a winding of conductive wire coupled thereto and a pole head. The pole head is positioned on an end of the rotor pole opposite to the hub, and the pole head has an arcuate outer periphery. The element is positioned between the first and second rotor poles, and includes an open volume and an aperture. The open volume is formed in the element, and is positioned proximate to the windings of the first and second rotor poles. The aperture is on an outside portion of the element, and provides access to the open volume such that air may travel to and from the open volume for cooling of the rotor assembly. The outside portion of the element is substantially flush with at least one of the pole heads, and is contoured to continuously extend the arcuate outer periphery of the at least one of the pole heads.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventor: Joseph B. McCabe
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Patent number: 8044551Abstract: A stator for an electric motor is provided. The stator includes segmented cores each having one yoke and at least one pole protruding from the yoke in a radial direction, bobbins formed to receive the at least one pole therein, having blocking walls that extend from one side of ends of the at least one pole in a circumferential direction thereby to block a space between the at least one pole, and coupled to the at least one pole, and stator coils wound on the bobbins. A temperature of the segmented cores and the stator coils are prevented from rising and a noise occurrence is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2007Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Sang-Young Kim
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Patent number: 8040002Abstract: A ventilated rotor of a high-power turbogenerator for the production of electricity has a shaft extending along an axis; a plurality of axial slots obtained in the shaft; a plurality of conductor bars arranged at least partly in the slots; a plurality of axial channels suitable for ventilating the conductor bars; a plurality of subslots, each of which is arranged below a slot to distribute a ventilating gas; a plurality of axial portions traveled over by respective flows of ventilating gas along each axial channel; and at least one radial channel, which is intended to convey directly the ventilating gas from the subslot to the outer surface of the rotor via the conductor bars and is arranged between two consecutive and adjacent axial portions of an axial channel.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2006Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Ansaldo Energia S.p.A.Inventor: Vincenzo Tartaglione
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Patent number: 8035269Abstract: An electric machine having a rotor and a stator that encloses the rotor, and having a first flange arrangement on at least one end face of the stator, wherein the first flange arrangement has a first flange component that has a connecting surface which adjoins the first end face of the stator and whose geometry is adapted to the geometry of the end face of the stator so that a stator winding, which is wound onto the stator and the adjoining connecting surface, connects the stator and the first flange component to one another.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2009Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.Inventors: Axel Bottger, Ullrich Kreiensen
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Patent number: 8035268Abstract: An insulating bobbin for disposition between a stator core and a stator winding of a stator of a rotating machine, the stator winding being wound around the stator core by way of the insulating bobbin, the insulating bobbin comprising a coil end section at which an end portion of the stator winding is disposed, a slot side section forming a slot for winding thereon the stator winding, and a corner section having a curved surface and connecting between the coil end portion and the slot side portion, the corner section having a first radius of curvature at a side closer to the coil end section and a second radius of curvature at a side closer to the slot side section, the second radius of curvature being larger than the first radius of curvature.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2008Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takenari Okuyama, Tatsuya Imai, Kunitomo Ishiguro
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Publication number: 20110227442Abstract: The invention relates to a synchronous machine with hybrid energisation, in particular a generator for supplying the electrical system of a motor vehicle, comprising a laminated stator (16) with a multiphase stator winding (18) and a laminated rotor (20) with an energiser winding (29), which together with permanent magnets (24,25) around the rotor periphery, provides the energisation for the machine. According to the invention, favorable electrical and magnetic properties and an improvement in manufacturing conditions of the machine can be achieved, wherein the grooves (40) for the energiser windings (29) are disproportionately enlarged in relation to the groove base (44) and are preferably bell-shaped.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2009Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Kurt Reutlinger, Markus Heidrich
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Patent number: 8022592Abstract: Each coil fixing member is placed between a stator coil and at least one end surface of a stator core in an electric rotary machine in order to suppress a displacement between the stator core and the stator coil. The coil fixing member consists of a spacer and a bolt. The bolt and a corresponding screw hole formed on an end surface of the stator core are used to fix the stator core in the electric rotary machine. The spacer consists of a main body part and a bolt fixing part. The bolt fixing part has a bolt hole. The main body part has a tapered shape. The main body part is placed between the end surface of the stator core and connection parts of windings of the stator coil, and fixed to the stator core by the bolt through the bolt hole of the bolt fixing part.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2009Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Denso CorporationInventor: Hiroshi Kaneiwa
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Patent number: 8018114Abstract: A wedge for use in a generator rotor includes a wedge body having a generally triangular shape with flat surfaces, and such that when the wedge is placed in a generator rotor, the flat surfaces will define circumferential extents of the wedge body relative to a rotational axis of the rotor, and said flat surfaces extending to a radially outermost extent of the wedge body. A wedge and winding combination, a generator rotor, a generator and a method all using the wedges are disclosed and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2009Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Roy D. Rasmussen, Scott R. Ganong, Glenn C. Lemmers, Jr.
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Publication number: 20110215669Abstract: A rotor assembly comprises a rotor body defining a pole, a winding encircling the pole, a compression member located radially inwards of the winding, and compression means located between the compression member and the rotor body and operable to urge the compression member in an outward direction to apply a compressive load to the winding. A method of assembly of the rotor is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2010Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: Goodrich Control SystemsInventors: Daniel Jonathan Spitz, Peter Martin Hill
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Publication number: 20110215670Abstract: The tightening device (7) for end winding supports of an electric generator includes a rod (10) supporting a wedge (11), a plurality of springs (14) and a nut (13). It also includes a spacer (15) provided between the wedge (11) and the nut (13), arranged to define the smallest axial distance between the wedge (11) and the nut (13).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Inventors: Andre Arndt, Francesco Stallone
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Patent number: 8008831Abstract: A stator for a rotary electric machine with wedge members insertable into slots without being bent or folded is provided. A coupling portion is integrally formed at a non-inserted end portion, which is not inserted into a slot, of a wedge member, the coupling portion extending across an end of a partition wall portion and an end of a block portion. The wedge member and the coupling portion are formed of a synthetic resin material. Two or more coupling portions of two or more adjacently disposed wedge members are integrally formed as a continuous coupling portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2011Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ikuo Takeshita, Shigenori Miyairi
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Patent number: 8008833Abstract: A stator for an electrical machine, in particular a rotary current generator, is proposed, in which the stator (36) is made by the flat-packet technique and comprises at least one stator iron (10) and a stator winding (30), and the stator iron (10) has a substantially annular-cylindrical shape, and the stator iron (10) has an axial direction (a) which is oriented in the direction of a cylinder axis, and the stator iron (10) has an end face, oriented in the direction of the cylinder axis and defining a slot area (ANut), and a ratio (A) formed of the slot area (ANut) and the end face area amounts to between 0.4 and 0.8.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2004Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Alexander Shendi
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Patent number: 7994679Abstract: Stator for use in an electrical machine. A non-magnetic support frame section and a non-magnetic axial coil support are used to provide an air gap stator configuration. The present stators provide an air gap winding configuration that facilitates the fixing of stator coils in the air gap. The stator coils are located near the surface of the magnetic back iron and are separated from adjacent coils by non-magnetic structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2009Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: TECO-Westinghouse Motor CompanyInventor: Di Wu
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Patent number: 7990015Abstract: Attachments are removably coupled to the magnetic core of a rotating electric machine, the magnetic core being shaped to include a plurality of coil-receiving slots that are separated by radial teeth. Each attachment is constructed as a unitary member and includes a base and a stem, the stem being dimensioned for fitted insertion within a recess formed in the distal end of a corresponding tooth. The base includes a convex bottom wall, a flattened top wall and a pair of non-planar sidewalls. The stem is integrally formed on the top wall of the base and includes a front end, a rear end, a flattened top wall and a pair of opposing sidewalls. A longitudinal groove is formed into each of the pair of opposing sidewalls of the stem. An outwardly protruding shoulder designed for engagement by a retention plate is formed into the front and rear ends of the stem.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2008Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/SInventors: Peter P. Mongeau, Mark S. Piercey, William R. Wink
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Patent number: 7990012Abstract: A locking wedge for a slot of a dynamoelectric machine is provided. The locking wedge has a main body extending in an axial direction, and includes a top and a bottom surface. The bottom surface has a greater surface area than the top surface. A first end surface faces towards an axial-inward direction and a second end surface faces towards an axial-outward direction. A locking slot extends in the axial direction into a portion of the main body, and begins in the second end surface and extends axially inward. A locking member is disposed to fit into the locking slot, and is inserted into the locking slot to lock the locking wedge in the slot.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2009Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Brock M. Lape, Benjamin A. Mancuso, Michael C. Villani
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Patent number: 7986070Abstract: A rotary electric machine having at least one piece of electric equipment constituted by an overmolded or jacketed electric motor or by an overmolded or jacketed magnetic suspension system; the electric equipment including firstly a rotor (102) and secondly a stator (150) having pole pieces (154) and coils (152); the stator (150) being provided with at least one jacket (101) or coating (190) to protect it against an aggressive environment, on its face situated facing the rotor (102); the protective jacket (101) or coating (190) on the face of the stator (150) facing the rotor (102) presenting set-back portions (111) set back from the main surfaces (155) defining the airgap (e), these set-back portions (111) being distributed around the stator; and the movement of fluid circulating in the airgap around the rotor (102) being thus enhanced.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2007Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Societe de Mecanique MagnetiqueInventors: Luc Baudelocque, Maurice Brunet
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Patent number: 7986071Abstract: An exemplary slot closure arrangement has a sliding block and a pressure piece. At least one spring element is arranged in between them and can be prestressed by at least one attachment, which interacts with the sliding block and the pressure piece, thus creating a prefabricated assembly. Once the slot closure arrangement has been positioned in a slot, the attachment can be mechanically moved from a first position to a second position, which can be monitored, after positioning of the slot closure arrangement, for activation of the spring forces of the at least one spring element.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2009Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Rico Gasparini, Armin Piur
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Publication number: 20110175485Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes: a rotor to which a plurality of magnetic poles are provided along its circumferential direction; a stator core laminating a plurality of core plates, and having a cylinder portion with teeth extending radially outwards; and a stator coil received in a slot between the teeth; wherein each of the teeth includes: a tooth body portion extending radially outwards from the cylinder portion; and a pair of projecting end portions, provided at an end of the tooth body portion, that are in radially extended state before receiving the stator coil in the slot, and that are in curved state in which they are bent in circumferential direction after receiving the stator coil in the slot; and wherein, in the curved state, a vacant space is defined at the slot side of a curved portion that communicates the base portion and the projecting end portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2011Publication date: July 21, 2011Inventors: Takashi NAGANAWA, Takashi Ishigami
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Patent number: 7977826Abstract: The permanently excited synchronous machine (1) includes a rotor (3) and a stand (2) which contains a three-branched winding system (8) which comprises tooth coils. The stand (2) has a total of three or six grooves (5) and a tooth (6, 7) is formed there between. A total of three tooth coils (9) are arranged in the grooves (5) and each coil is associated with one of the three winding phases. The number of user pole pairs (pN) is four or five. The rotor (3) has twice as many user pole pairs (pN) of permanent magnets (18) which are evenly distributed on the periphery.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2005Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Rolf Vollmer, Holger Schunk, Erich Bott, Matthias Braun
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Patent number: 7952251Abstract: A method for reducing leakage currents in an electric machine is described. The method includes positioning a plurality of leakage current shields between windings and teeth of a stator, and coupling at least one of the plurality of leakage current shields to a reference point, wherein an electric potential at the reference point is not earth ground.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2008Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: RBC Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Ludovic Chretien, Rachele B. Cocks
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Publication number: 20110121678Abstract: A locking wedge for a slot of a dynamoelectric machine is provided. The locking wedge includes a main body extending in an axial direction. The main body has a top surface and a bottom surface with a greater surface area than the top surface, and a first end surface and a second end surface opposed to the first end surface. First and second locking slots extend in the axial direction into a portion of the main body. The first locking slot begins in the first end surface and the second locking slot begins in the second end surface. A first locking member is disposed to fit into the first locking slot, and a second locking member is disposed to fit into the second locking slot. The first and second locking members can be inserted into the first and second locking slots, respectively, to lock the locking wedge in the slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2009Publication date: May 26, 2011Inventors: Brock M. Lape, Benjamin A. Mancuso, Michael C. Villani
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Patent number: 7944110Abstract: A method of manufacturing a stator in a rotating electric machine. In this method, each slot has a slot peripheral wall and a slot opening, covered with an insulation coating made of an electrical insulation material. The slot peripheral wall SW has a slot bottom wall, a pair of slot side walls opposing to each other and continuing to end portions of the slot bottom wall. The insulation coating is formed continuously from the slot bottom wall to the pair of slot side walls, and a pair of holding grooves opposing to each other is formed in the insulation coating at the vicinity of the slot opening. The groove walls of the pair of the holding grooves are formed in the insulation coating, and an electrical insulation member to close the slot opening is inserted in the pair of holding grooves and held between the pair of holding grooves.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2010Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazunori Tanaka, Yukiyoshi Ohnishi
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Publication number: 20110109187Abstract: Solutions for reducing key bar rattle in dynamoelectric machines are disclosed. In one embodiment an apparatus includes: a plurality of key bars operably coupling a stator core to a stator wrapper in which the stator core is at least partially contained; a cable surrounding the plurality of key bars; and at least one anchor device connecting a portion of the cable to the stator wrapper to produce a compressive load on at least one of the plurality of key bars by tightening the cable around the plurality of key bars.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2009Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Anand S. Tanavde, Gregg T. Blackburn, David R. Yamarthi
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Patent number: 7936103Abstract: A method for assembling an electric machine is provided. The method includes providing a rotor having a cavity formed therein. At least one contoured recess is formed in a portion of the cavity. A wedge is inserted into the cavity. The wedge includes at least one contoured protrusion that is configured to mirror the at least one contoured recess of the cavity. The wedge is inserted such that the at least one contoured protrusion is positioned within the at least one contoured recess to facilitate positioning the wedge within the cavity. The at least one contoured protrusion and the at least one contoured recess are shaped to facilitate minimizing stresses within the rotor and the wedge.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2007Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Anand Shankar Tanavde, Lakshminarayana Kanakamedala
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Publication number: 20110095640Abstract: A locking wedge for a slot of a dynamoelectric machine is provided. The locking wedge has a main body extending in an axial direction, and includes a top and a bottom surface. The bottom surface has a greater surface area than the top surface. A first end surface faces towards an axial-inward direction and a second end surface faces towards an axial-outward direction. A locking slot extends in the axial direction into a portion of the main body, and begins in the second end surface and extends axially inward. A locking member is disposed to fit into the locking slot, and is inserted into the locking slot to lock the locking wedge in the slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2009Publication date: April 28, 2011Inventors: Brock M. Lape, Benjamin A. Mancuso, Michael C. Villani
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Patent number: 7919896Abstract: A stator for a rotary electric machine with wedge members insertable into slots without being bent or folded is provided. A coupling portion is integrally formed at a non-inserted end portion, which is not inserted into a slot, of a wedge member, the coupling portion extending across an end of a partition wall portion and an end of a block portion. The wedge member and the coupling portion are formed of a synthetic resin material. Two or more coupling portions of two or more adjacently disposed wedge members are integrally formed as a continuous coupling portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2009Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ikuo Takeshita, Shigenori Miyairi
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Patent number: 7898128Abstract: The invention aims at providing a forced cooling rotary electric machine capable of bringing temperature distribution close to a designed temperature distribution and avoiding becoming a larger size, and employs a wedge formed with ventilation grooves and a wedge not formed with the ventilation grooves to regulate the flow rates of cooling gas passing through air ducts, so that the cooling gas supplied to a part of a stator core, in which temperature is low, can be caused to flow positively to a part in which the temperature is high and the temperature distribution in the axial direction of the stator core can be uniformized. As a result, the temperature distribution in the axial direction of the stator core can be brought close to a designed temperature distribution, and a forced cooling rotary electric machine that need not be made larger in size with a margin can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2008Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Hattori, Tadaaki Kakimoto, Akitomi Semba, Mitsuru Saeki, Mitsunori Sezaki, Takashi Shibata
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Publication number: 20110043154Abstract: A two-phase or four-phase electric machine includes a first stator part and a second stator part disposed about ninety electrical degrees apart. Stator pole parts are positioned near the first stator part and the second stator part. An injector injects a third-harmonic frequency current that is separate from and not produced by the fundamental current driving the first stator part and the second stator part. The electric angular speed of the third-harmonic rotating field comprises p · ? t , where p comprises the number of pole pairs, ? comprises a mechanical angle and t comprise time in seconds.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2009Publication date: February 24, 2011Inventor: John S. Hsu
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Patent number: 7888837Abstract: A rotor for a generator includes a cylindrical rotor body with axial winding slots which are arranged in a distributed manner over the circumference and in which are arranged conductor elements which extend in the axial direction. A cooling medium from a sub-slot which is arranged at the bottom of the winding slot is fed along the axis in periodic intervals to the conductor elements. Beneath the conductor elements provision is made for ripple springs which in each case press the conductor elements of a winding slot against a slot wedge which closes off the winding slot at the top. With such a rotor, an adequate spring force is achieved by the ripple springs being arranged at the bottom of the sub-slot and, via an axial profile which is arranged in the sub-slot, acting by their spring force upon the conductor elements which lie above them.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2009Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Alstom Technology LtdInventors: John Lindh, Andrew John Holmes, Benjamin Gugerli
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Patent number: 7876012Abstract: A dynamoelectric machine comprising a stator having a plurality of slots and teeth, armature windings wound around the teeth, and a rotor disposed inside the stator, wherein an alloy member is disposed in the inner periphery of the stator and the magnetic compensator has its surface or inside thereof a high resistance layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2006Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Matahiro Komuro, Yuichi Satsu, Noriaki Hino
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Publication number: 20110012474Abstract: This invention relates to an improved process for removing conductors and electrical insulation parts from electrical device components so that these devices can be refurbished with new insulation and conductors. This invention also relates to an electrical device component having an electrical winding support, a laminate electrical insulation part, an electrical conductor, and an encapsulating resin, that has a special laminate electrical insulation part that allows more efficient and environmentally friendly refurbishing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2010Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Mikhail R. Levit, Roger Curtis Wicks