Nut securing arrangement for electrical generator
AssigneeSiemens Energy, Inc.
InventorsRandy E. Whitener, Stephen T. Soto, Neil R. Smith
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AssigneeSiemens Energy, Inc.
InventorsRandy E. Whitener, Stephen T. Soto, Neil R. Smith
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A system for securing a nut (24) used to compress a compliant seal (23) surrounding a radial conductor lead (21) of an electric generator (10). The generator has a rotor (11) with the radial conductor lead arranged in a radial lead bore (20) of the rotor and the seal coaxially arranged surrounding the radial lead. A receiving pocket (15) is arranged in a body of the rotor adjacent to the radial lead bore. The nut is arranged coaxially with the radial conductor lead, the nut including a seal contacting surface (35) and a ligament (26) arranged opposite the seal contacting surface, wherein a portion of the ligament is deformed into the receiving pocket to lock the nut against rotation, thereby maintaining a desired degree of compression on the seal.
A system for securing a seal of an electric generator having a rotor with a radial conductor lead arranged in a radial lead bore of the rotor, comprising:
An electric generator rotor radial lead seal arrangement, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.