Stator of an electric generator having a reinforcement structure

A method for reinforcing a stator of a wind turbine generator, the method comprising:

• arranging a first end plate and a second end plate spaced apart from each other in an axial direction of the wind turbine generator;
• arranging a reinforcement structure shaped as a plate between the first end plate and the second end plate;
• and
• fixing the reinforcement structure to the first end plate and to the second end plate, wherein a separation element is arranged between and fixed to the first end plate and the second end plate and coupled to the reinforcement structure, wherein the separation element extends from the first end plate to the second end plate;
• wherein the reinforcement structure couples the first end plate and the second end plate, such that a force is transmissible between the first end plate and the second end plate;
• wherein the reinforcement structure comprises:
• a first end section, which is fixed to the first end plate, and which has a first extension length along a first connection joint between the reinforcement structure and the first end plate;
• a second end section, which is fixed to the second end plate, and which has a second extension length along a second connection joint between the reinforcement structure and the second end plate;
• and
• a central section formed between the first end section and the second end section and having a maximum extension length smaller than at least one of the first minimum extension length and the second extension length;
• wherein the reinforcement structure comprises a single continuous plate forming the first end section, the central section, and the second end section.