Generator with integrated shipping fixture
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsNoah Kee, Kolstin Hartzler
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Abstract
A generator module includes a housing arranged for fixing to a combustion engine, a stator fixed in the housing, and a rotor rotatable within the stator. The housing includes a first conical surface and a first through hole, and the rotor includes a rotor support flange having a second conical surface and a second threaded hole. The second threaded hole is arranged for receiving a threaded fastener extending through the first through hole and threaded into the second threaded hole to pull the rotor support flange against the housing to secure the second conical surface against the first conical surface.
Claims18
A generator module, comprising:
- a housing arranged for fixing to a combustion engine, the housing comprising:
- a first conical surface;
- and
- a first through hole;
- a stator fixed in the housing;
- a rotor rotatable within the stator, the rotor comprising a rotor support flange having:
- a second conical surface;
- and
- a second threaded hole arranged for receiving a threaded fastener extending through the first through hole and threaded into the second threaded hole to pull the rotor support flange against the housing to secure the second conical surface against the first conical surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.