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US 2012/0235648 A1Published application
Generator rotor and bleed resistor assembly
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsNathan A. Berry, Philip Gillingwater
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Abstract
A generator includes a rotor structure has a rotor frame that supports a rotor circuit. The rotor frame is electrically connected to the rotor circuit via a resistive element.
Claims16
A generator comprising:
- a rotor structure having a rotor frame supporting an isolated rotor circuit having exciter armature turns, a rectifier assembly, and a first and second bus bar electrically coupled to said rectifier assembly such that said first bus bar is a positive voltage bus bar and said second bus bar is a negative voltage bus bar;
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- a resistive element electrically connecting said rotor circuit to said rotor frame.
A method for preventing an arc discharge within a generator rotor comprising the step of:
- transferring voltage potential from one of a rotor frame and a rotor circuit to the other of said rotor frame and said rotor circuit over a resistive element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.