Patent · US Expired

Self-supporting amortisseur cage for high-speed synchronous machine solid rotor

US4117360A · kind A · utility

48Cited by
8References
12Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateApr 15, 1977
Grant dateSep 26, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 15, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K21/46
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A self-supporting amortisseur winding in the form of a thin copper cage is situated about the solid rotor of a high-speed, permanent magnet synchronous machine in order to keep commutating reactance low. A high-strength wire is wound, with high tension, circumferentially about the cage to counteract the effects of centrifugal force on the cage when the machine is operating.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.