IP Library Granted Patent US 9,496,760
Granted Patent B2
US 9,496,760 · App. 13/160,585 · Granted Nov 15, 2016

Generator, in particular for a wind turbine

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Patent No.
US 9,496,760
App. No.
13/160,585
Granted
Nov 15, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A generator is provided, which includes a stator with a plurality of induction coils and a rotor rotatable around the stator with at least one permanent magnet or a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in circumferential direction. The generator also includes at least one airduct for guiding an air flow to the stator, wherein the at least one permanent magnet is or the plurality of permanent magnets are provided with recesses arranged opposite to the stator. In one embodiment, the generator is a generator of a wind turbine.

Claims (14)

1. A generator, comprising:

a stator comprising a plurality of axially spaced induction coils;

a rotor rotatable around the stator, comprising one or more permanent magnets arranged in circumferential direction; and

at least one airduct for guiding an air flow to the stator, comprising radial portions positioned between neighbouring induction coils,

wherein the one or more permanent magnets is/are provided with recesses, each one of the recesses being positioned opposite to one of the radial portions of the at least on air-duct.

2. The generator according to claim 1 , wherein the recesses are shaped such that an axial magnet length at a side facing the stator is smaller than an axial magnet length at the side facing the rotor.

3. The generator according to claim 1 , wherein the recesses have a trapezoidal shape having a longer edge parallel to a shorter edge, wherein the longer edge faces the stator.

4. The generator according to claim 1 , wherein the recesses have a substantially triangular shape.

5. The generator according to claim 4 , wherein the edges of the recesses are formed convex or concave.

6. The generator according to claim 1 , wherein the recesses are formed concave.

7. The generator according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more permanent magnets is/are arranged on a base plate of the rotor.

8. The generator according to claim 1 , wherein the number of the permanent magnets equals the number of induction coils.

9. The generator according to claim 1 , wherein the number of permanent magnets is lesser than the number of airducts.

10. The generator according to claim 1 , wherein the generator is a generator of a wind turbine.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2019
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S
Reel/Frame 048003/0631 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2011
From: KIMIABEIGI, MOHAMMAD
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 026446/0380 →