Railway car fitted with an induction generator
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorEeuwe Durk Kooi
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Abstract
A railway car fitted with an induction generator comprising magnets and electrical conductors for generating electricity, comprising a chassis comprising at least one axle with two wheels, wherein the axle is mounted in two bearings located near the two sides of the railway car, wherein the wheels are located on the outer side of the bearings, and wherein the generator comprises a rotor and a substantially cylindrical stator, which stator extends concentrically around the rotor, wherein the rotor is fixedly mounted around and on the axle, wherein the stator is mounted to the inner side of one of the bearings, in axial abutment therewith.
Claims13
A railway car fitted with an induction generator comprising magnets and electrical conductors for generating electricity, comprising a chassis comprising at least one axle with two wheels, wherein the axle is mounted in two bearings located near the two sides of the railway car, wherein the wheels are located on outer sides of the bearings, and wherein the generator comprises a rotor and a substantially cylindrical stator, which stator extends concentrically around the rotor, wherein the rotor is fixedly mounted around and on the axle, wherein the stator is mounted to an inner side of one of the bearings, in axial abutment therewith,
- wherein the stator is mounted to inner wall of a substantially cylindrical housing, which housing is mounted to the inner side of one of the bearings.
A railway car fitted with an induction generator comprising magnets and electrical conductors for generating electricity, comprising a chassis comprising at least one axle with two wheels, wherein the axle is mounted in two bearings located near the two sides of the railway car, wherein the wheels are located on outer sides of the bearings, and wherein the generator comprises a rotor and a substantially cylindrical stator, which stator extends concentrically around the rotor, wherein the rotor is fixedly mounted around and on the axle, wherein the stator is mounted to an inner side of one of the bearings, in axial abutment therewith;
- a cylindrical housing surrounding the axle, wherein the stator is mounted to an inner wall of the cylindrical housing, which housing is mounted to the inner side of one of the bearings;
- wherein the magnets are mounted in recesses in the circumference of the axle positioned inside the cylindrical housing.
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