Rotating rectifier assemblies, generators having rotating rectifier assemblies, and methods of making rotating rectifier assemblies

A method of making a rectifier assembly, comprising:

• arranging a terminal along an assembly axis;
• connecting a mounting ring to the terminal at a location axially offset from the terminal;
• seating a diode within the mounting ring;
• positioning a bus bar within the mounting ring and electrically connecting the diode to the terminal through the bus bar;
• connecting a mounting ring insulator to the mounting ring at a location axially offset from the mounting ring such that the bus bar is received within the mounting ring;
• and
• fixing the bus bar to an insert contained within the mounting ring insulator, wherein fixing the bus bar to the insert compressively fixes the diode within the mounting ring, and
• wherein the insert defines an intermediate annulus with a cylindrical outer surface and a female threaded body arranged therein, the mounting ring insulator has a radially innermost outer surface and a radially outermost inner surface, and the mounting ring insulator is injection molded about the insert so that the insert is contained between the radially innermost outer surface and the radially outermost inner surface.