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US 11,539,273 B2Granted
Composites and methods of making composite materials
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsKris H. Campbell, Shin Katsumata, Brian C. Konopa, Erika M. Danckers, Andreas C. Koenig, Ashutosh Joshi
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Abstract
A wedge for use in an electric machine includes a central portion comprising at least a first material, a first wing integrally attached to the central portion, and a second wing integrally attached to the central portion opposite the first wing, wherein the first wing, and the second wing include a second material.
Claims16
A wedge for use in an electric machine comprising:
- a central portion comprising at least a first material;
- a first wing integrally attached to the central portion;
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- a second wing integrally attached to the central portion opposite the first wing, wherein the first wing, and the second wing include a second material;
- wherein the central portion includes a quadrilateral section radially outward from a triangular central leg separating the first wing from the second wing, wherein the quadrilateral section includes the first material and the second material, wherein the quadrilateral section includes a first face, a second face opposite the first face, a third face radially outward facing and opposite the triangular central leg, a first “L” shaped portion of the second material, and a second “L” shaped portion of the second material opposite the first “L” shaped portion, wherein the first “L” shaped portion and the second “L” shaped portion bracket the first material at the first and second faces of the quadrilateral portion and extend onto the third face.
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A rotor for a generator comprising:
- a shaft;
- a rotor core radially outward from the shaft and having a plurality of poles spanning axially along the rotor core;
- a plurality of windings wrapped axially around each of the plurality of poles;
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- a plurality of wedges, each wedge being positioned between two adjacent poles of the plurality of poles, each wedge having a central portion comprising at least a first material;
- a first wing integrally attached to the central portion;
- and
- a second wing integrally attached to the central portion opposite the first wing, wherein the first wing, and the second wing include a second material,
- wherein the central portion includes a quadrilateral section radially outward from a triangular central leg separating the first wing from the second wing, wherein the quadrilateral section includes the first material and the second material, wherein the quadrilateral section includes a first face, a second face opposite the first face, a third face radially outward facing and opposite the triangular central leg, a first “L” shaped portion of the second material, and a second “L” shaped portion of the second material opposite the first “L” shaped portion, wherein the first “L” shaped portion and the second “L” shaped portion bracket the first material at the first and second faces of the quadrilateral portion and extend onto the third face.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.