Patent classifications
H02K3/505
Terminal assembly for an electric machine
An alternator includes a housing, and a stator fixedly mounted relative to the housing. The stator includes a stator winding. The stator winding includes at least five stator leads extending from the stator in an arc that is less than about 90°. A terminal assembly is mounted to an outer surface of the housing and connected with the at least five stator leads. The terminal assembly includes a body formed from a non-electrically conductive material, and a plurality of conductive members at least partially covered by the body. The plurality of conductive members is associated with the stator winding. Each of the plurality of conductive members includes plurality of input connectors spread out along the body in an arc that is greater than 90°.
STATOR FOR AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE, WIND TURBINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A STATOR
Provided is a stator for an electrical machine, in particular a generator of a wind turbine, wherein the cylindrical stator includes multiple similar stator segments, each stator segment constituting a fraction of the circumference of the stator and having at least one coil element and one pre-installed bus bar segment per phase provided to or by the electrical machine, wherein each bus bar segment is electrically connected to a coil element of the respective phase, wherein at least two circumferentially adjacent stator segments form a section and multiple subsets of an even number of radially opposing sections are respectively assigned to a connector at a respective connection position along the circumference of the stator, wherein in each section, segmented bus bars for each phase are provided by connecting bus bar segments of adjacent stator segments.
STATOR OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR
A stator of an electric motor has stator teeth that carry coils of a multi-phase stator winding. A connection element has insert pockets with contact elements inserted therein each with at least one insulation displacement contact as a connection point for a wire portion of coils joined to one another. A contact apparatus is mounted on the connection element and has a contact housing with a connection socket with phase plug connectors corresponding to the number of phases. The contact apparatus has busbars which correspond to the number of phases and which each have a first and a second bar end. The first bar ends are flexibly or movably in contact with one of the phase plug connectors each and the second bar ends are each inserted or can each be inserted in a contact slot of one of the contact elements to form a terminal connection.
PROCESS FOR MAKING A CONTINUOUS BAR WINDING FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE
A process for making a continuous bar winding (4) for an electric machine is described, comprising: a) a step of providing a template (10) having a template axis (X) and a circular array of slots (11) extended about said template axis (X), said circular array of slots having a number of slots equal to a number of slots of the stator or of the rotor of said electric machine, each slot (11) of said circular array having a first and a second open end face (11A, 11B) which are axially spaced from one another and a third open end face (11C), said third face (11C) being a longitudinal face extended between said first and second end faces (11A, 11B) b) a step of providing a conductive bar (20); c) a step of locking a locking portion (21) of said conductive bar; d) a step of inserting the conductive bar (20) into the slots (11) of said array and shaping the conductive bar (20) so that such conductive bar (20) repeatedly passes through the slots (11) of said array from the side of the first open end faces (11A) to the side of the second open end faces (11B) and vice versa, so that said bar (20) has a plurality of bar portions (20B, 20E, 20H) received in the slots (11) of said array and a plurality of connecting portions (20C, 20D; 20F, 20G) projecting beyond said first and second open end faces (11A, 11B), each of said connecting portions joining a pair of said bar portions (20B, 20E, 20H) received in the slots (11) of said array; in which said step d) comprises: d1) an operation of inserting a first bar portion (20B) of said plurality of bar portions into a respective slot (11) of said circular array of slots (11) through said third face (11C) of such slot (11); d2) an operation of shaping a first connecting portion (20C, 20D) of said plurality of connecting portions (20C, 20D; 20F, 20G); d3) an operation of inserting a second bar portion (20E) of said plurality of bar portions (20B, 20E, 20H) into a further slot (11) of said array, different from the slot (11) into which said first bar portion (20B) has been inserted, through said third face (11C) of the further slot (11); in which said first connecting portion (20C, 20D) joins said first and second bar portions (20B, 20E) projecting beyond the second end faces (11B) of the slots (11<
STATOR DESIGN FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINE
A method of constructing a stator for an electric machine includes forming multiple components of the stator as individual elements and assembling the components into a stator structure and mounting the stator into a machine housing. The individual elements can be individually separated from the housing and from the stator structure and replaced with corresponding elements.
Electrical machine winding assembly and method of manufacture thereof
A method of manufacturing a winding assembly for an electrical machine, the method comprising: forming, by three-dimensional, 3D, printing, an electrically insulating body comprising a channel defining a winding path, the channel having an inlet and an outlet; heating the electrically insulating body to a temperature above the melting point of an electrically conducting material; flowing the electrically conducting material through the inlet to the outlet to fill the channel; and cooling the electrically insulating body to solidify the electrically conducting material within the channel, thereby forming said winding assembly.
Electrical machine for driving propulsion
The invention relates to a particularly redundant electrical machine (10) for driving a means of propulsion (1) with increased reliability. The machine (10) comprises a plurality of independent partial rotors (210, 220) which are respectively coupled to a common shaft (200) by means of freewheel devices (510, 520) in order to drive said shaft and the means of propulsion (1) therewith in a working direction of rotation. The machine (10) also comprises a plurality of independent stator winding systems (111, 121), a stator winding system (111, 121) and a partial rotor (210, 220) being respectively associated with each other and arranged in such a way that they can electromagnetically interact with each other. The stator winding systems (111, 121) are successively arranged in the axial direction. Similarly, the partial rotors (210, 220) are successively arranged in the axial direction.
Rotary Electric Machine and Vehicle Provided with the Same
A rotary electric machine includes a rotor, a stator, and stator windings. The stator winding has a plurality of slot conductor groups having a plurality of slot conductors of the same phase. A plurality of slot conductors of the slot conductor group are inserted into a predetermined number (Ns) of slots continuously arranged in a circumferential direction of the stator core such that the slot and the layer are adjacent to each other. The predetermined number (Ns) is set to “Ns=NSPP+1,” where “NSPP” denotes the number of slots per pole per phase.
BLOCKING ELEMENT FOR ROTOR WINDING HEADS ON TURBOGENERATORS WITH ROTOR CAP WITH RADIAL VENTILATION BORES
A blocking element for a rotor head winding of a turbogenerator has a form which is adapted to the contour of the adjacent conductor of the rotor head winding. A depression extending in the axial direction is made in the side of the blocking element facing the conductor, which depression forms a serpentine channel for a cooling fluid from an inlet port on the small radius to a discharge port on the highest radius, with the discharge port communicating with a ventilation bore of the rotor cap enclosing the rotor winding head. An improved cooling effect with a reduced flow of cooling fluid and an increase in the efficiency of the turbogenerator as a whole results.
ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE, STATOR THEREOF AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE
A connection unit is coupled to a coil end. The connection unit includes an insulator member. The insulator member includes a holder member and an insertion member. The insertion member is inserted into the coil end. A resin member includes a protective layer which protects a plurality of joint members. The resin member includes a bridge member which couples the insulator member and the joint member. The insertion member is a cylindrical shape. The insertion member is capable of accepting a plurality of joint members. The insertion member is capable of storing the resin member.