Resiliently supported windings in an electrical reactor

In an electrical reactor:

• a. a stack of interconnected electrical windings;
• b. a magnetizagle core having outer members formed in a generally rectangular assembly substantially surrounding said windings and having an inner member disposed inside said windings;
• c. at least one pair of cross members respectively disposed adjacent to sides of said windings in quadrature with said outer members and each having opposite ends fixedly attached to said outer members;
• and
• d. resilient means for restricting relative movement of said windings, said resilient means comprising:
• i. a first ripple spring assembly disposed in compression between said windings and a part of said outer members that is adjacent to said windings,
• ii. a second ripple spring assembly disposed in compression between said windings and a part of said inner member that is adjacent to said windings, and
• iii. a third ripple spring assembly disposed in compression between said windings and a first one of said cross members,
• each of said ripple spring assemblies comprising an insulating sheet impregnated with a curable plastic resin and formed in a substantially uniform ripple pattern.