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US 7,064,647 B2Granted
Fabricated air core reactor
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsHoward Ross Edmunds, Brian Matthew Alken, Andrew Phillip, Christopher McMenamin, Christopher T. Moore, John Earl Bittner, Stephen Daniel Nash, Michael L. Miller
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for an air core reactor including a plurality of straight members and a plurality of offset members, the plurality of straight and offset members are interconnected to form an orthogonal spiral having an air core therethrough.
Claims13
An air core reactor comprising:
- a plurality of straight members;
- a plurality of offset members, wherein said plurality of straight and offset members are interconnected to form an orthogonal spiral having an air core therethrough;
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- a clamp assembly for maintaining a predetermined turn-to-turn spacing between adjacent turns of said orthogonal spiral.
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An air core reactor comprising:
- a plurality of substantially rectangular conductors interconnected to form an orthogonal spiral defining an air core therethrough, wherein said orthogonal spiral comprises a plurality of adjacent turns and wherein each turn of said plurality of adjacent turns is defined by four of said plurality of substantially rectangular conductors;
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- a clamp assembly for maintaining a predetermined turn-to-turn spacing between said plurality of adjacent turns.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.