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US 8,710,720 B2Granted
Generator with a segmented stator
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorHenrik Stiesdal
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Abstract
A generator, a stator segment and a wind turbine are provided. The generator has a rotor and a stator. The stator includes stator segments attached to a circular holding structure. A stator segment has at least one first connection element being in engagement with at least one second connection element of the holding structure. The engagement is detachable in an axial direction and not detachable in a radial and a circumferential direction.
Claims15
Generator, comprising:
- a rotor;
- a stator comprising stator segments, at least one of the stator segments comprising a first connection element;
- and
- a circular holding structure comprising a second connection element,
- wherein the at least on stator segment is attached to the holding structure via an engagement between the first and second connection elements,
- wherein the engagement is configured such that the at least one stator segment is detachable in an axial direction but not detachable in a radial direction and not detachable in a circumferential direction, and
- wherein one of the connection elements comprises a T-shaped projection and the other connection element comprises a mating recess for the engagement of the T-shaped projection.
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