Terminal block cover for use in integrated drive generator
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsDerek R. Hochstetler, Ted A. Martin, Duane C. Johnson, Glenn C. Lemmers, JR.
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Abstract
A terminal block cover for use in an integrated drive generator has a body having a closed outer face and extending to an open inner face, and having an open side and a closed side. There are four connection channels for receiving electric connections for each of three phases of power and a neutral, and they extend from the closed side to the open side. There are spacing channels formed between adjacent ones of each of the four connection channels, with the spacing channels being formed by two spaced ribs with an interior space. An integrated drive generator and a method are also disclosed.
Claims20
A terminal block cover for use in an integrated drive generator comprising:
- a body having a closed outer face and extending to an open inner face, and having an open side and a closed side, there being four connection channels for receiving electric connections for each of three phases of power and a neutral, and extending from said closed side to said open side, and there being spacing channels formed between adjacent ones of each of said four connection channels, with said spacing channels being formed by two spaced ribs within an interior space.
An integrated drive generator comprising:
- an input shaft connected to a carrier shaft, said carrier shaft connected to a gear differential, and into a main generator, said main generator including a power output configured for providing three phases of electrical power to an outlet, and there being a terminal block cover covering electrical connections for three phases of electrical power and an electrical connection for a neutral;
- said terminal block cover including a body having a closed outer face and extending to an open inner face, and having an open side and a closed side, there being four connection channels receiving said electric connections for each of three phases of power and neutral, and said connection channels extending from said closed side to said open side, and there being spacing channels formed between adjacent ones of each of said four connection channels, with said spacing channels being formed by two spaced ribs within an interior space;
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- there being a connection support having support fingers extending into each said spacing channel.
A method of replacing a terminal block cover comprising the steps of:
- a) removing an existing terminal block cover from an integrated drive generator including an input shaft connected to a carrier shaft, said carrier shaft connected to a gear differential, and into a main generator, said main generator configured for providing three phases of electrical power to three electrical connections at a terminal connection, and said existing terminal block cover covering said three electrical connections and a neutral connection;
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- b) replacing said existing terminal block cover with a replacement terminal block cover, said replacement terminal block cover including a body having a closed outer face and extending to an open inner face, and having an open side and a closed side, there being four connection channels for receiving electric connections for each of three phases of power and a neutral, and extending from said closed side to said open side, and there being spacing channels formed between adjacent ones of each of said four connection channels, with said spacing channels being formed by two spaced ribs within an interior space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.