IP Library Granted Patent US 9,178,442
Granted Patent B2
US 9,178,442 · App. 14/400,230 · Granted Nov 3, 2015

Three-phase/two-phase rotary transformer

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Patent No.
US 9,178,442
App. No.
14/400,230
Granted
Nov 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A three-phase/two-phase rotary transformer including a three-phase portion and a two-phase portion that are movable in rotation relative to each other about an axis A. The three-phase portion includes a first body made of ferromagnetic material and three-phase coils, the two-phase portion including a second body made of ferromagnetic material and two-phase coils. The second body defines a first annular slot of axis A and a second annular slot of axis A, the two-phase coils including a first toroidal coil of axis A in the first slot, a second toroidal coil of axis A in the first slot, a third toroidal coil of axis A in the second slot, and a fourth toroidal coil of axis A in the second slot, the first coil and the fourth coil being connected in series, the second coil and the third coil being connected in series.

Claims (13)

1. A three-phase/two-phase rotary transformer comprising:

a three-phase portion and a two-phase portion that are movable in rotation relative to each other about an axis A;

the three-phase portion comprising a first body made of ferromagnetic material and three-phase coils, the two-phase portion comprising a second body made of ferromagnetic material and two-phase coils;

the second body defining a first annular slot of axis A and a second annular slot of axis A, the first slot being defined by a first side leg, a central leg, and a ring, the second slot being defined by the central leg, a second side leg, and the ring; and

the two-phase coils comprising a first toroidal coil of axis A in the first slot, a second toroidal coil of axis A in the first slot, a third toroidal coil of axis A in the second slot, and a fourth toroidal coil of axis A in the second slot, the first coil and the second coil being connected in series, the second coil and the third coil being connected in series;

wherein given winding directions and connection directions of the coils, a current flowing in the first coil and the fourth coil corresponds, for the first coil, to a first magnetic potential and, for the fourth coil, to a second magnetic potential opposite to the first magnetic potential, and a current flowing in the second coil and in the third coil corresponds, for the second coil, to a third magnetic potential and, for the third coil, to a fourth magnetic potential opposite to the second magnetic potential.

2. A transformer according to claim 1 , wherein the first coil and the third coil each presents a number n a of turns, and the second coil and the fourth coil each presents a number n b of turns, with n a =(2+√3)n b .

3. A transformer according to claim 1 , wherein the three-phase portion surrounds the two-phase portion around the axis A, or vice versa.

4. A transformer according to claim 1 , wherein the three-phase portion and the two-phase portion are situated one beside the other in the direction of the axis A.

5. A transformer according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second bodies made of ferromagnetic material completely surround the three-phase and two-phase coils.

6. A transformer according to claim 1 , wherein the first body defines a third annular slot of axis A and a fourth annular slot of axis A, the third slot being defined by a third side leg, a second central leg, and a second ring, the fourth slot being defined by the second central leg, a fourth side leg, and the second ring;

the three-phase coils comprising a fifth toroidal coil of axis A in the third slot, a sixth toroidal coil of axis A in the third slot, a seventh toroidal coil of axis A in the fourth slot, and an eighth toroidal coil of axis A in the fourth slot, the sixth coil and the seventh coil being connected in series.

7. A transformer according to claim 1 , wherein the two-phase portion further comprises at least one set of three-phase coils.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 22, 2018
From: LABINAL POWER SYSTEMS
To: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
Reel/Frame 046678/0487 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2015
From: DUVAL, CEDRIC
To: LABINAL POWER SYSTEMS
Reel/Frame 034996/0243 →