Mounting of armature conductors in air-gap armatures
First Claim
1. In a dynamoelectric machine having a stator core, a rotor rotatable relative to said core about a longitudinal axis of said core and separaed from said core by an air-gap, and a plurality of circumferentially-spaced armature conductors located in said air-gap, the improvement comprising means for securing said armature conductors in said air-gap under continuous radial and circumferential compression, said armature conductors securing means comprising in combination, electrically nonconductive conductor-engaging means, conductor retaining means in contact with said conductor-engaging means, and resilient means for applying a radially-outwardly directed force to said conductor-retaining means, said conductor retaining means means transmitting force from said resilient means to said armature conductors through said conductor-engaging means.
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Abstract
In a dynamoelectric machine having armature conductors located in the air-gap separating rotor and stator, the conductors are secured to the stator structure. Conductor fastening means are provided which maintain the armature conductors and their support members in compression in all modes of operation of the machine.
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- 1. In a dynamoelectric machine having a stator core, a rotor rotatable relative to said core about a longitudinal axis of said core and separaed from said core by an air-gap, and a plurality of circumferentially-spaced armature conductors located in said air-gap, the improvement comprising means for securing said armature conductors in said air-gap under continuous radial and circumferential compression, said armature conductors securing means comprising in combination, electrically nonconductive conductor-engaging means, conductor retaining means in contact with said conductor-engaging means, and resilient means for applying a radially-outwardly directed force to said conductor-retaining means, said conductor retaining means means transmitting force from said resilient means to said armature conductors through said conductor-engaging means.
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