A rotor for an electrical machine, comprising: a rotor stack with a plurality of pole teeth and windings around the pole teeth, a plurality of groove wedges, which are arranged radially above the windings, in grooves between the pole teeth,
characterised in that
a support element is arranged in the grooves between the windings and radially between the groove wedges and the rotor stack.

A rotor for an electrical machine, comprising: a rotor stack with a plurality of pole teeth and windings around the pole teeth, a plurality of groove wedges, which are arranged radially above the windings, in grooves between the pole teeth,
characterised in that
a support element is arranged in the grooves between the windings and radially between the groove wedges and the rotor stack.

The present disclosure includes: a holding ring fitted to a rotor and holding a rotor coil of the rotor; and an interpolar jumper wire electrically connecting field poles of the rotor to each other, the interpolar jumper wire being composed of a flexible lead formed by stacking electrically conductive metal plates and a metal wire connected to the flexible lead. In a case where the flexible lead is divided, in terms of positions in a radial direction of the metal plates thereof, at half the number of all the stacked metal plates, an average value of plate thicknesses of metal plates that are disposed on an inner layer side is set to be smaller than an average value of plate thicknesses of metal plates that are disposed on an outer layer side.

The present disclosure includes: a holding ring fitted to a rotor and holding a rotor coil of the rotor; and an interpolar jumper wire electrically connecting field poles of the rotor to each other, the interpolar jumper wire being composed of a flexible lead formed by stacking electrically conductive metal plates and a metal wire connected to the flexible lead. In a case where the flexible lead is divided, in terms of positions in a radial direction of the metal plates thereof, at half the number of all the stacked metal plates, an average value of plate thicknesses of metal plates that are disposed on an inner layer side is set to be smaller than an average value of plate thicknesses of metal plates that are disposed on an outer layer side.

In a rotor of a rotating electric machine, a slot includes a winding insertion portion and a widened portion. A width dimension of the widened portion is larger than a width dimension of the winding insertion portion. A pair of step portions are formed on both sides of an end portion of the winding insertion portion on the widened portion side. A wedge member is spaced from and opposed to the pair of step portions. An insulation includes: an insulation main body arranged between a rotor winding and a damper bar; and an extended portion, which is arranged in at least a part of a space between the wedge member and the pair of step portions, and is configured to suppress movement of the damper bar in a circumferential direction of a rotor core.

An energy storage system includes a heat generation apparatus configured to generate heat from electric power and a heat storage device configured to store the heat generated by the heat generation apparatus, the heat generation apparatus including an electric motor connected to an electric power system and rotated by surplus electric power received from the electric power system, and a heat generator having a rotary unit rotated by the electric motor and a heat generating unit configured to generate heat through electromagnetic induction, and configured to convert rotational force of the electric motor to heat.

The present invention may provide a motor including a shaft, a rotor coupled to the shaft, a stator disposed outside the rotor, and a bus bar disposed on the stator, wherein the bus bar includes a terminal connected to a coil of the stator, the terminal includes a first terminal and a second terminal which are separated from each other in a circuit manner, the first terminal includes a first neutral terminal and a plurality of first phase terminals, the second terminal includes a second neutral terminal and a plurality of second phase terminals, first curvature centers of the plurality of first phase terminals are disposed to be different, second curvature centers of the plurality of second phase terminals are disposed to be different, and a position of a curvature center of the first neutral terminal is the same as a position of a curvature center of the second neutral terminal.

The present invention may provide a motor including a shaft, a rotor coupled to the shaft, a stator disposed outside the rotor, and a bus bar disposed on the stator, wherein the bus bar includes a terminal connected to a coil of the stator, the terminal includes a first terminal and a second terminal which are separated from each other in a circuit manner, the first terminal includes a first neutral terminal and a plurality of first phase terminals, the second terminal includes a second neutral terminal and a plurality of second phase terminals, first curvature centers of the plurality of first phase terminals are disposed to be different, second curvature centers of the plurality of second phase terminals are disposed to be different, and a position of a curvature center of the first neutral terminal is the same as a position of a curvature center of the second neutral terminal.

A method and apparatus for forming a rotor for an electric machine includes serially adding layers of material to form a rotor body having a radially-extending post configured to receive a set of electrically-conductive windings, and also having a radially-extending winding end turn support formed contiguously from the rotor body.

The present invention may provide a motor including a shaft, a rotor coupled to the shaft, a stator disposed outside the rotor, and a bus bar disposed on the stator, wherein the bus bar includes a terminal connected to a coil of the stator, the terminal includes a first terminal and a second terminal which are separated from each other in a circuit manner, the first terminal includes a first neutral terminal and a plurality of first phase terminals, the second terminal includes a second neutral terminal and a plurality of second phase terminals, first curvature centers of the plurality of first phase terminals are disposed to be different, second curvature centers of the plurality of second phase terminals are disposed to be different, a position of a curvature center of the first neutral terminal is the same as a position of a curvature center of the second neutral terminal.