IP Library Granted Patent US 9,035,531
Granted Patent B2
US 9,035,531 · App. 13/569,328 · Granted May 19, 2015

Rotating electrical machine

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Patent No.
US 9,035,531
App. No.
13/569,328
Granted
May 19, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rotating electric machine, e.g. hydrogenerator, includes a rotor, including a rotor laminate stack extending in a machine axis direction and having a rotor winding which forms a winding head at each of the ends of the rotor laminate stack. The winding head is fastened to a winding head rim, which is arranged concentrically within the winding head and adjoins the rotor laminate stack in the axial direction, to intercept centrifugal forces by bolts passing radially through the winding head, and a fastening designed to safely absorb axial expansions of the winding head. Simple and secure fastening is achieved by the bolts being fastened to the winding head rim in each case on a T-shaped hammer profile, which extends axially and is mounted, axially movable, in a T-shaped groove in the winding head rim, additional couplers are provided that transmit axial expansions of the winding head onto the hammer profile.

Claims (7)

1. A rotating electric machine comprising:

a rotor, which comprises a rotor laminate stack extending in a machine axis direction and having a rotor winding, the rotor winding forming a winding head at each end of the rotor laminate stack, said winding head being fastened to a winding head rim, which is arranged concentrically within the winding head and adjoins the rotor laminate stack in an axial direction, in order to intercept centrifugal forces by bolts radially passing through the winding head, and a fastening of the winding head to the winding head rim being designed to safely absorb axial expansions of the winding head, the bolts are fastened to the winding head rim on a T-shaped hammer profile, which extends in the axial direction and is mounted in an axially movable fashion in an associated axial T-shaped groove in the winding head rim, additional couplers are also provided that transmit the axial expansions of the winding head onto the T-shaped hammer profile, the additional couplers include a radial part and an axial connector being provided between the winding head and the T-shaped hammer profile, and

the T-shaped hammer profile engages with said radial part, which is bent back radially outwards, behind the winding head and is connected to the winding head on said radial part by said axial connector.

2. The rotating electric machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bolts are in a form of screw bolts and are screwed into the T-shaped hammer profile.

3. The rotating electric machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a plurality of bolts with a same radial alignment are arranged one behind another in the axial direction, and all of the bolts with a same radial alignment are fastened on a common T-shaped hammer profile or screwed into a common T-shaped hammer profile.

4. The rotating electric machine as claimed in claim 3 , wherein all of the bolts with the same radial alignment act on the winding head from the outside via a common holding element.

5. The rotating electric machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rotating electric machine is a hydrogenerator.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 7, 2017
From: ALSTOM RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES
To: GE RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES
Reel/Frame 042191/0072 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2013
From: ALSTOM HYDRO FRANCE
To: ALSTOM RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES
Reel/Frame 030899/0545 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2012
From: SCHWERY, ALEXANDER; WALSER, HANSPETER; OKAI, RICARDO NAOKI; CIFYILDIZ, SERDAR; SCHMID, MATTHIAS
To: ALSTOM HYDRO FRANCE
Reel/Frame 029112/0645 →