Generator junction assembly
AssigneeSiemens Westinghouse Power Corporation
InventorCharles M. Rowe
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Abstract
A junction assembly has at least one junction and at least one flexible connector. The junction has at least one channel sized and configured to accept and secure at least a portion of a flexible connector relative to the parallel rings and main lead, and at least one coolant passageway through with a coolant can flow to cool the flexible connectors. The flexible connectors are constructed of conductive wire to provide an electrically conductive path and to provide the junction assembly with flexibility. This junction and channel sizing and configuration provides the junction assembly with a modular capability in that one or more flexible connectors can to be positioned in many different ways within the junction.
Claims18
A junction assembly, comprising:
- a first electrically conductive junction having at least one channel and at least one coolant inlet and a second electrically conductive junction having at least one channel and at least one coolant outlet;
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- at least one electrically conductive flexible connector having a first end and a second end, at least a portion of the first end sized and configured to fit within at least a portion of the channel of the first junction and at least a portion of the second end sized and configured to fit within at least a portion of the channel of the second junction,
- wherein each of the at least one flexible connector can be secured to the first junction by passing a bolt through a first bolthole in the flexible connector and a bolthole in the first junction, and each of the at least one flexible connector can be secured to the second junction by passing a bolt through a second bolthole in the flexible connector and a bolthole in the second junction.
A junction for use in a generator adapted to connect a main lead with parallel rings, comprising:
- a plurality of channels, each channel having a depth between about 1 inch and about 10 inches and a width between about 0.5 inch and about 2 inches;
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- at least one coolant avenue that comes within at least about 1 inch of each channel;
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- at least one bolt hole that intersects the plurality of channels.
A method of securing a plurality of flexible connectors to a junction of a junction assembly used in generator, comprising
- inserting a least a portion of at least one conductive flexible connector into at least one channel of a conductive junction;
- aligning a bolt hole in the flexible connector with a bolt hole in the junction;
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- passing a bolt through the aligned bolt holes and;
- securing the bolt with a nut wherein a coolant passageway extends through a portion of the junction and through a void in the flexible connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.