End Turn Supports Patents (Class 310/270)
  • Patent number: 7994681
    Abstract: A motor having a rotor and a stator that houses the rotor in a rotatable manner is herein provided. One of the rotor and the stator comprises at least one permanent magnet. The other of the rotor and the stator comprises at least one core that faces the at least one permanent magnet, and at least one coil that magnetizes the at least one core. The core comprises at least one extension plate that is formed on at least one end face of the core in an axial direction. The extension plate extends parallel to rotation axis of the rotor, and has a magnetic anisotropy whose axis of easy magnetization is substantially parallel to the rotation axis of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masaki Ikeya
  • Patent number: 7982359
    Abstract: A salient pole machine and method of forming the same comprising a rotating field assembly and at least one inter-pole cap connected to the rotating field assembly and/or at least end coil cap connected to the rotating field assembly. Each inter-pole cap preferably includes a top surface that has a curvature and/or at least one cavity. Each end coil cap may include at least one support. The salient pole machine may also include at least one fan assembly independent of the rotating field assembly. In a preferred embodiment, the salient pole machine includes at least one mounting plate, wherein each fan assembly is mounted on the mounting plate. The inter-pole caps and the end coil caps preferably comprise composites, polymers, alloys, ceramics, or naturally occurring materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Joseph B. McCabe, Brian N. Cox, Louis R. Myers, Jacques Andre Saint-Michel, John T. Fowler, Jerhod T. Smithback, Joshua A. Lorenz
  • Patent number: 7966717
    Abstract: A rotor pole crossover connection joint for use in a rotating electrical machine is disclosed. The connection joint integrally couples a bottom rotor coil strap to a rotor pole crossover connector with a single piece connector that reduces, distributes or otherwise tolerates stress concentrations in the connector. A corresponding method of forming a rotor pole crossover connection and a rotor assembly including a rotor pole crossover connection joint are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Randy E. Whitener, Justin England, Jiping Zhang, Peter J. Clayton, Thomas L. Schuchart, William C. Gardner
  • Publication number: 20110133579
    Abstract: A rotor assembly for an electromechanical device includes a molded wire support. The wire support has a body including a first side spaced from a second side and a hole extending through the sides and configured to receive a shaft. The body includes a wall about the hole extending to the first side. At least one end turn support extends outwardly from the wall and is configured to support wires. A molded pocket extends into the wall from the second side without penetrating through to the first side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventor: Henry R. Vanderzyden
  • Patent number: 7956507
    Abstract: In a rotor for a rotating electrical machine, a flange of an insulating bobbin is formed with a first hook portion and a second hook portion. The first hook portion directs a lead of a field coil both against the winding direction of the field coil and radially inward. The first hook portion has a first groove in which is hooked a proximal portion of the lead. The second hook portion directs the lead axially outward. The second hook portion has a second groove which has an open end on a radially inner periphery of the second hook portion, a closed end positioned radially outward of the open end, and a neck between the open and closed ends. The second hook portion has an intermediate portion of the lead hooked in the second groove between the neck and closed end of the second groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Tokizawa
  • Patent number: 7939977
    Abstract: A rotor for a rotary electrical device to be arranged to face to a stator, comprises a rotor iron core extending axially and including a plurality of slots arranged with a predetermined circumferential interval, a rotor coil contained by the slots, a coil support member of electrically insulating property arranged between parts of the rotor coil at an axial end of the rotor coil, and a retaining ring covering the coil support member and the axial end of the rotor coil, the coil support member has two fitted portions and a connecting portion connecting the fitted portions to each other to form H-shape of cross section and to form a space between the rotor coil and each of opposite sides of the connecting portion, and the coil support member further has a communicating path communicating to the spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Hattori, Tadaaki Kakimoto, Akitomi Semba, Mitsuru Saeki, Takashi Shibata, Manabu Suzuki, Naomi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 7936116
    Abstract: An objective is to provide a motor stator that may achieve: a reduction in parts costs by shaping coil ends so that length thereof is reduced, thereby reducing the amount of use of copper, and minimizing the amount of use of binding strings for securing the coil ends in place; a reduction in manufacturing process costs by a structure which allows a protector and a wire lead outlet part to be easily assembled; and then an improvement in quality of a stator by firmly holding the coil ends and the protector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Asou, Mamoru Kawakubo, Mineo Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ishii, Tougo Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 7928625
    Abstract: Dynamoelectric device and stator bar therefor, where the stator bar includes a linear portion for positioning in a slot of a stator core, the slot extending in a radial direction relative to an axis of the stator, and an end arm portion having an involute-on-cone bend relative to the linear portion and an elongated cross-section that is substantially aligned with the radial direction of the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: James Oldham Lambert
  • Publication number: 20100320860
    Abstract: An end turn support for a generator includes a wire support. The wire support extends along an axis in a radial direction from an axis of rotation. The wire support defines an arcuate wire receipt surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Dhaval Patel, Alan D. Hanson, Glenn W. Hufstedler
  • Patent number: 7855487
    Abstract: A collar is to be positioned on a generator and includes an inner bore sized to be received on an outer periphery of a generator shaft. The collar has an outer periphery, which is generally hexagonal. The collar has an axially extending ledge to be received within an inner periphery of an end turn support in a generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn C. Lemmers, Jr., Jan Henry Abels
  • Patent number: 7830052
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a shaft and a rotor carried by the shaft and having a rotor body, a plurality of rotor windings carried by the rotor body, and a retaining ring surrounding the rotor windings adjacent an end of the rotor body. An electrically conductive stud extends radially outwardly from the shaft adjacent the end of the rotor body. An electrically conductive member includes a first end section coupled to the electrically conductive stud and having a loop shape, a second end section coupled to a corresponding one of the rotor windings, and an intermediate section between the first and second end sections. An insulation assembly is between the shaft and the retaining ring and surrounding the intermediate section to define at least one gap with adjacent portions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: William C. Gardner, David J. Shore, Phillip R. Keaton
  • Patent number: 7821173
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment of the present invention a bell-armature coil for an electric motor is provided. The bell-armature coil comprises a hollow-cylindrical coil winding which forms a coil opening at one end and is wound from a winding wire. The bell-armature coil further comprises a coil former plate. The coil former plate includes a printed circuit board. Into the coil opening the coil former plate is inserted. The coil winding has conductor ends which are connected to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Dr. Fritz Faulhaber GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Bertolini, Roland Keller, Roland Brugger, Roland Kirchner, Hubert Renner, Helmut Wagner
  • Patent number: 7812501
    Abstract: It is an object of this invention to provide a dynamo-electric machine rotor which effectively and uniformly cools a rotor coil outside a rotor core by forming a ventilating groove in the rotor coil, tolerates large field current, and has high reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Taniyama, Yasuo Kabata, Hidekazu Shiomi, Kenmei Shimanuki, Takaharu Tani, Shozo Abe
  • Patent number: 7786644
    Abstract: An electric rotary machine, an armature for use in the electric machine, a method of forming an electric rotary machine and a forming machine for an armature of an electric rotary machine are disclosed wherein insulator-coated coils are wound in slots of an armature core from which lower and upper layer coil extensions extend and are connected to a commutator. The upper layer coil extension has a contour deformation part at an intersecting region where the lower and upper layer coil extensions intersect with each other to have an insulating distance between the lower and upper layer coil extensions. The forming machine includes a work holder holding the armature, and a forming jig forming a curvature portion on the upper layer coil extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Kitou, Akiyasu Itoh, Katsunobu Inoue, Eiji Sakai, Minoru Fukui
  • Patent number: 7741740
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gas-cooled electrical device (13), especially a gas-cooled generator, which comprises at least a rotor (1), a stator (2) and also a stator casing (3) which encloses this stator, and an end-winding space (5). In this case, passages for a cooling gas are provided both in the rotor (1) and in the stator (2), wherein the end-winding space (5), especially connectors (7) and/or output conductors (7) which are arranged therein, are impinged by at least some of the cooling gas flow (8) which issues from the rotor (1). In order to be able to achieve an especially concentrated and controlled cooling, at least the connectors (7) and the output conductors (7) are arranged in the working area of at least one guiding device (14) which guides the cooling gas flow (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard Michael Zickermann, Alexander Schwery
  • Patent number: 7728473
    Abstract: A electric rotating machine includes a rotor winding constituting a part of a rotor, a conductor provided in a center portion in a radial direction of a rotor body for supplying electricity to the rotor winding from the outside, a leader drawn from the conductor to an outside diameter side, and a connecting line constructed by stacking a plurality of conductor plates to electrically connect the rotor winding and the leader. The connecting line consists of a radial direction linear portion which is straight in the radial direction on the leader side, and a bending portion which branches into two routes toward opposite directions to each other in a rotor shaft direction from the radial direction linear portion and has a linear portion formed at a part of the bending portion. The linear portion of the bending portion is joined to a bottom surface of the rotor winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Engineering & Services Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akitomi Semba, Fumihiko Goto, Juichi Enyama
  • Publication number: 20100090561
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
    Inventors: Virginie Leroy, Marc Tunzini
  • Patent number: 7692356
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric machine (1) comprising a stator (21) and a rotor. The stator (21) includes at least one winding system having a plurality of coils (2) wherein start and end of the corresponding coils (21) is fixed on an end face of the stator (21) by means of a circuit support (7) and contacted in such a manner as to obtain predeterminable connections of the coils (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Erich Bott, Michael Bzdziuch, Hubertus Bähr, Rainer Eckert, Axel Knauff, Jürgen Pawellek, Reiner Seufert, Uwe Zimmermann, Michael Zisler
  • Publication number: 20100079030
    Abstract: A rotor for an electric machine includes a rotor yoke having a plurality of axial winding slots distributed on an outer periphery of the rotor yoke; a winding bar disposed in one of the plurality of axial winding slots, the winding bar having at least one winding end emerging axially from the rotor yoke so as to form an end winding; and a retaining device including a plurality of radial bolts, each of the plurality of radial bolts having a head fixedly connected to a shank, wherein the retaining device retains the end winding against a centrifugal force acting on the end winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Alexander Schwery, Matthias Schmid, Josef Schwanda, Susanne Binder
  • Patent number: 7626310
    Abstract: An arrangement in a rotor of an electrical machine; the rotor (5) rotates around its axis of rotation and comprises of, at least, the frame (13) and coils (15), which are projected as coil ends (11). There are protruding beams (17,18) substantially projecting in the direction of the longitudinal axis from the frame (13) outside the outer ring surface (12) formed by the coil ends (11); a binding band (9) is fitted on the protruding beams (17, 18) and a binding band (9) is glideable on the protruding beams (17, 18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: ABB Oy
    Inventors: Juha Hellsten, Jarkko Saramo, Yrjö Tyllinen
  • Patent number: 7605505
    Abstract: A rotor for use in a high speed electrical machine includes a shaft, a plurality of poles, a plurality of coils, and a rotor crossover that is relatively flexible, and that does not crack under the centrifugal forces and the mechanical and thermal cycles encountered during machine operation, startup, and shutdown. The poles extend radially outwardly from the shaft and are spaced apart from each other to form an interpole region, and the coils are wrapped around the poles. The rotor crossover is coupled between selected ones of the coils, and includes a stranded wire conductor and an insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Minke, David E. Stout, Simon L. Waddell
  • Publication number: 20090195116
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an improved motor stator structure, which comprises: a plurality of silicon steel plates, two rotor bearing blocks, and a plurality of pins. In the present invention, the pins are forced to pass through the through-holes of the silicon steel plates and then inserted into the buried holes to make the end faces of the pins closely contact the motor rotor bearing blocks. Thereby, the silicon steel plates and the rotor bearing blocks are concentrically assembled together. As all the pins has an identical length and closely contact the rotor bearing blocks, the rotor bearing blocks are parallel to each other and vertical to the stacking direction of the silicon steel plates. Thus, the present invention is an easy-to-fabricate motor stator structure, which has a considerable precision and a lower fabrication cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventor: Borgan PONG
  • Patent number: 7564177
    Abstract: A stacked crystal unit includes: a first crystal plate in which a vibration member links to an outer circumferential frame portion, and a pair of extending electrode extends to the frame portion from excitation electrodes; and a second and third crystal plates which have a concave portion in an area opposite to the vibration member and whose open end surfaces are joined by direct bonding to both principal surfaces of the frame portion in the first crystal plate. The extending electrodes are electrically extended to an outer surface of at least one of the second and third crystal plates via electrode through-holes provided in the frame portion. The electrode through-hole includes: a first electrode through-hole penetrating through the frame portion from the principal surface of the frame portion where the extending electrode extends; and a second electrode through-hole provided in the second or third crystal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Yoshimatsu, Tamotsu Kurosawa, Kozo Ono
  • Patent number: 7550881
    Abstract: A vibration damping sleeve for a stator assembly having radial vibration isolator features at both ends is provided. At one end, the vibration damping sleeve comprises a groove for a damping element such as an annular gasket while a plurality of beams circumferentially disposed are at the other end. The plurality of beams may comprise mounting flanges for mounting the stator to a housing support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Dietrich, Steven R. Eccles, Sam Shiao
  • Patent number: 7541714
    Abstract: Body wedge blocks are provided adjacent the end of the rotor body that have a forward facing axial end that is aerodynamically streamlined. Thus, between adjacent body wedge blocks a flow passage for cooling air is created that allows gradual contraction of the flow from the endwinding region toward the subslot ducts, thereby reducing pressure losses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nishant Parsania, Samir A. Salamah
  • Publication number: 20090121579
    Abstract: A curvilinear brush retainer and brushes for an electric motor assembly comprises an end plate upon which is disposed a pair of curvilinear brush retainers. The brush retainers are configured to retain and support a pair of curvilinear brushes as they are biased against the commutator of the electric motor. The curvilinear profile or shape of the brushes allows them to have an extended physical length, thereby allowing the electric motor to have an extended operational life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: David B. Finkenbinder, Robert A. Ciccarelli
  • Publication number: 20090115264
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine apparatus includes at least one end plate associated with an inner assembly unit that operates to prevent contact between the inner assembly unit and an outer assembly unit. The end plate is peripherally sized to allow the slidable assembly of the inner assembly unit into the outer assembly unit while preventing undesirable contact of the inner assembly unit with the outer assembly unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Fredrick R. Poskie, Richard A. Pashnik, Edward L. Kaiser
  • Patent number: 7525230
    Abstract: A brushless motor-generator includes a rotor having a ferromagnetic tube with radially polarized, alternating polarity permanent magnet poles, and an air core armature that magnetically exerts torque upon the rotor. The magnetic poles drive magnetic flux across a radial magnetic air gap inside of the tube and through windings of the armature that are located in the air gap. The windings utilize wire that is comprised of multiple individually insulated strands that are bundled together and sheathed in an outer electrically insulating serve that separates adjacent windings and provides a higher dielectric breakdown strength than the insulation on the individually insulated strands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Revolution Electric Motor Company
    Inventor: Christopher W. Gabrys
  • Patent number: 7521829
    Abstract: A electric rotating machine includes a rotor winding constituting a part of a rotor, a conductor provided in a center portion in a radial direction of a rotor body for supplying electricity to the rotor winding from the outside, a leader drawn from the conductor to an outside diameter side, and a connecting line constructed by stacking a plurality of conductor plates to electrically connect the rotor winding and the leader. The connecting line consists of a radial direction linear portion which is straight in the radial direction on the leader side, and a bending portion which branches into two routes toward opposite directions to each other in a rotor shaft direction from the radial direction linear portion and has a linear portion formed at a part of the bending portion. The linear portion of the bending portion is joined to a bottom surface of the rotor winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Engineering & Services Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akitomi Semba, Fumihiko Goto, Juichi Enyama
  • Patent number: 7513028
    Abstract: A method to repair a rotor system having a coupling, a coupling keyway, a shaft, a shaft keyway, and a key. The method may include the steps of machining a shaft relief on the shaft adjacent to the coupling, providing fillet radii to the coupling keyway and the shaft keyway, adding a fretting resistant button to the key, machining a keyway relief on the shaft keyway, and machining a coupling relief on the coupling adjacent to the shaft. The method further may include the step of machining the key, the step of positioning dowels between the coupling and the shaft, and the step of shot-peening the coupling keyway and the shaft keyway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alexander G. Beckford, Ronald J. Zawoysky
  • Patent number: 7456542
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a method of installing a guidevane 20 to an end plate 6 that comprises manufacturing a guidevane with at least one tab 30 located on a top length-wise edge of the guidevane and multiple tab slots 32 located on the length-wise edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald P. Enos, Larry L. Zeller
  • Patent number: 7432628
    Abstract: A generator and a method of manufacturing the generator, which can suppress a lowering of tension of a bind ring caused by an initial deformation during assembly and changes with the lapse of time during long-term operation, and can prevent a lowering of the support function. The generator includes a coil assembled in a groove formed in an iron core of a rotor and a bind ring for fixing a coil end of the coil, which is projected outward of the iron core, to a coil support. A restraint member is disposed on at least one of opposite axial ends of the bind ring to restrain the relevant end from deforming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Miyatake, Juichi Enyama
  • Publication number: 20080224562
    Abstract: A DC motor, has a stator housing accommodating a permanent magnet stator; a rotor, rotatably mounted confronting the stator, the rotor having a shaft, a rotor core fitted to the shaft and having asymmetric laminations, a commutator fitted to the shaft adjacent one end of the rotor core, and windings wound about poles of the rotor core and terminated on the commutator; and brush gear comprising brushes in sliding contact with the commutator for transferring electrical power to the windings, wherein the cogging torque order for the motor is greater than twenty. Preferably, the cogging torque order is 28, 36 or 44.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Ray Qin, Jiyu Liang
  • Publication number: 20080197740
    Abstract: A modular motor or alternator assembly which comprises an alternator or a motor having a rotor with longitudinal lobes and no windings, commutators, slip rings, magnets, or laminations. A number of modules are provided including two end bell modules, a stator and field coil module, a field coil module, and a stator module. A plurality of stator and field coil modules, field coil modules, and stator modules may be combined with the two end bell modules and a rotor to create a wide variety of motors or alternators having using combinations of standard modules. For instance, motor of various horsepowers can be created using multiple standardized modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventor: William L. Hughes
  • Publication number: 20080174203
    Abstract: In a motor, an upper surface of a flange portion of a shaft is arranged axially below a bottom end surface of a rotor core. A spacer having an axial thickness slightly greater than that of the flange portion is arranged on a radially outer side of the flange portion. A bottom surface of the spacer makes contact with an end plate whose inner circumferential surface has a radius, centered about a central axis, smaller than a radius of the flange portion. The end plate is secured to the rotor core via a fixing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Makino, Yoshio Fujii
  • Publication number: 20080143208
    Abstract: A generator rotor core (54) carrying superconducting windings (60) and having a shield (426) over the superconducting windings (60) to prevent external magnetic fields from impinging the windings. Axial shield edges (430/434) mate with corresponding features of the rotor core (54) or with structures affixed to or supported by the core (54) to support the shield (426).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Jiping Zhang, Robert J. Nelson, Peter J. Clayton, William R. McCown
  • Patent number: 7342345
    Abstract: A dynamoelectric machine cooled by a gas flow. The machine may include a rotor, an endwinding extending axially beyond the rotor, a spaceblock located about the endwinding, and a passageway positioned about the spaceblock. The spaceblock may include a C-channel extending into the passageway so as to deflect the gas flow into an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Samir A. Salamah, Nishant Parsania
  • Publication number: 20080054754
    Abstract: An end plate for a motor is provided at an end portion of a layered core and supports the core from both axial directions. The end plate comprises a contact surface, the shape of which corresponds to the shape of a stepped portion provided at the end portion of the core in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akinori Hoshino, Haruji Suzuki, Shusaku Kamio
  • Patent number: 7339303
    Abstract: An electrical machine incorporates a rotor core assembly (30) wherein the core (33) has rotor bars (31) extending into and secured within slots of end rings (34) either side of the core (33). The core (33) is secured in axial compression upon a shaft (35) by at least inner clamp rings (37). These inner clamp rings (37) include a recess, which in association with a recess in an outer clamp ring (38) forms a cavity to retain a clamp section (36) of the respective end rings (34). The outer clamp ring (38) is secured to the inner clamp ring (37) typically using bolts. Thus, the structural strength of the clamp rings (37, 38) inhibits differential radial growth between the core (33) and the end rings (34) due to thermal, rotational and centrifrugal expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce plc
    Inventor: Alan J Mitcham
  • Publication number: 20080048511
    Abstract: A baffle for guiding cooling fluids in a power generator cooled by a cooling fluid and having a flange, a stator, and an end stator has an inclined surface configured to direct a first portion of the cooling fluid flow towards the flange and a second portion of the cooling fluid flow towards the end stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Rebinth J. Robin, Samir Armando Salamah
  • Patent number: 7321179
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a U-bolt connector for connecting pairs of stator coil headers 2 with ball headers 6 comprising, a U-bolt 16, top capping pieces 18,20, bottom capping pieces 20, 21, a variable piece 24, and a tightening mechanism 26. The top capping pieces 18,20 secure one ball connector in the pair of stator coil headers and the bottom capping pieces 20, 21 secure another ball connector in the pair of stator coil headers, while the variable piece 24 is disposed between the top capping pieces and the bottom capping pieces. The U-bolt 16 embraces the top capping pieces 18,20, the bottom capping pieces 20, 21 and the variable piece 24, where the tightening mechanism 26 holds the U-bolt tightly to the top capping pieces, the bottom capping pieces and the variable piece and is located at the end of the U-bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Power Generation, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Alan Ward, Anthony Dean Renda
  • Publication number: 20070222333
    Abstract: A rotor for a rotary electrical device to be arranged to face to a stator, comprises a rotor iron core extending axially and including a plurality of slots arranged with a predetermined circumferential interval, a rotor coil contained by the slots, a coil support member of electrically insulating property arranged between parts of the rotor coil at an axial end of the rotor coil, and a retaining ring covering the coil support member and the axial end of the rotor coil, the coil support member has two fitted portions and a connecting portion connecting the fitted portions to each other to form H-shape of cross section and to form a space between the rotor coil and each of opposite sides of the connecting portion, and the coil support member further has a communicating path communicating to the spaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Kenichi Hattori, Tadaaki Kakimoto, Akitomi Semba, Mitsuru Saeki, Takashi Shibata, Manabu Suzuki, Naomi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 7256528
    Abstract: A tie ring is provided wherein the tie ring includes a tie ring structure defining at least one strap cavity. The tie ring structure includes a tie ring top surface and a tie ring bottom surface, wherein the tie ring top surface defines at least one top surface opening and wherein the tie ring bottom surface defines at least one bottom surface opening, wherein the at least one top surface opening and the at least one bottom surface opening are communicated with the at least one strap cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Augusto Xavier Jurado, Ernesto Camilo Rivera
  • Patent number: 7247966
    Abstract: A generator includes a shaft and rotor body defining poles and a winding positioned around the shaft on the rotor body. A rotor pole crossover is aligned to the shaft and connects ends of the winding between adjacent poles. The rotor pole crossover includes a body member having a curved medial section and opposing legs extending outwardly from the curved medial section that connect to the ends of the winding. The curved medial section has at least one slot formed therein to add flexibility to the rotor pole crossover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens Power Generation, Inc.
    Inventors: David Shore, Phillip Keaton
  • Patent number: 7211921
    Abstract: An aspect of the invention relates to a machine comprising a rotor mounted so it can rotate about a rotational axis, and a superconductive winding located in a winding support. Further, connection devices are provided to retain the winding support inside a rotor external housing. To compensate changes caused by the expansion of the winding support, a connection device should have at least one connection element that extends axially with one end of the element connected to the winding support in a fixed manner, and the opposite free end connected to a centering retaining element of the rotor eternal housing in a non-positive radial fit, so it can be displaced axially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Frank, Adolf Kühn, Peter Massek, Peter van Hasselt
  • Patent number: 7164217
    Abstract: An electric motor lead frame for connecting motor coils of the same phase is formed integrally by a linear conductor. The linear conductor includes at least a single conducting wire and has terminal portions formed by bending for connection with winding ends of motor coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Kabasawa, Kazunari Takahashi, Akihiro Okamura
  • Patent number: 7157828
    Abstract: In a fuel pump, four permanent magnets are installed in a housing. An armature is installed inside the permanent magnets rotatably. Six magnetic pole coil portions of the armature are installed in a central core. Each magnetic pole coil portion has a coil core, a bobbin and a coil formed by winding a winding on the bobbin in a concentrated winding form. Each coil core has an outer region in opposition to the permanent magnet in a direction of revolution, and a board-shaped coil-winding portion extending from the outer region toward the central core. Each bobbin covers the coil core except for the outer surface of the outer region and a convex portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyonori Moroto, Motoya Ito, Eiji Iwanari
  • Patent number: 7129605
    Abstract: An interconnecting assembly for a rotor assembly of a dynamoelectric machine is provided. The interconnecting assembly may be part of a conductive path generally extending from a radially inward section of the rotor assembly to a winding located at a radially outward section of the rotor assembly. The interconnecting assembly may be made up of a flexible member (44) comprising a bend (50). The interconnecting assembly may be further made up of a connector (70) connected to the flexible member to pass axial and radial forces that develop during operation of the machine. The positioning of the connector relative to the flexible member may be arranged so that an effect of an axial force on a radius of curvature of the bend and an effect of a radial force on that radius of curvature are opposed to one another. This leads to lower peaks of mechanical stress at the flexible member (44) (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Power Generation, Inc.
    Inventors: Jiping Zhang, Robert R. Messel, Randy E. Whitener, Peter J. Clayton, Larry Zeller
  • Patent number: 7122936
    Abstract: Three-dimensional portions are made of the same PET resin as are flat portions, only thicker. That is, the three-dimensional portions are more rigid than the flat portions. The three-dimensional portions are bonded to the flat portions at cutout portions thereof by a thermo-compression sheet or adhesive tape or the like. Connecting portions are made of PET resin that is thinner than the PET resin of which the flat portions are made. A phase insulation paper is provided in which the connecting portions are bonded at both ends to the flat portions, and an electric motor is provided in which the phase insulation paper is inserted between stator coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiji Takizawa, Kazuhiro Goto
  • Patent number: 7119462
    Abstract: An interconnecting assembly (100) for a rotor assembly of a dynamoelectric machine is provided. The interconnecting assembly may be part of an electrically conductive path generally extending from a radially inward section of the rotor assembly to a top winding of a stacked winding (128) located at a radially outward section of the rotor assembly. The interconnecting assembly may include a first connecting member (106) connected to a radial lead (104) at the inward section of the rotor assembly. This first connecting member is made up of multiple conductive leaves and includes a flexible bend (108) positioned to provide a resilient-connection relative to at least a radial direction. The interconnecting assembly may further include a second connecting member (124) mechanically connected to the first connecting member by way of the resilient connection. This second connecting member is electrically connected to the first connecting member and to the top winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Power Generation, Inc.
    Inventors: Jiping Zhang, Stephen T. Soto, Peter J. Clayton, Randy E. Whitener, Robert R. Messel