Generator rotor conductive path for connecting to a top-turn of a winding

Abstract

A joined assembly and kit for a rotor of a dynamoelectric machine are provided. The joined assembly is part of a conductive path generally extending from a radially inward section of the rotor to a radially outward section of the rotor. The conductive path includes a flexible connecting member from the radially inward section of the rotor to the joined assembly. The joined assembly includes a stacked winding energizable in response to excitation current carried by the conductive path to a top of the stacked winding located at the radially outward section of the rotor. The joined assembly further includes a connector with a first leg providing an electrically insulated mechanical point of contact relative to a bottom of the stacked winding. A second leg is electromechanically connected to the top of the stacked winding, and a third leg provides an electrically conductive path between the first and the second legs, wherein the stacked winding is captured by the connector to constitute such joined assembly, which is jointly movable in response to axial and/or radial forces that may develop during operation of the dynamoelectric machine.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.