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US 9,793,046 B2Granted
Rotating transformers for electrical machines
AssigneeRosemount Aerospace Inc.
InventorsGregory I. Rozman, Jacek F. Gieras
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Abstract
A rotary transformer for an electrical machine includes a rotary printed circuit board and a stator printed circuit board. The rotary printed circuit board is operatively connected to the stator printed circuit board for relative rotation with respect to the stator printed circuit board. A conductor is fixed to the one of the printed circuit boards and includes a spiral coil for transferring electrical energy between the rotary printed circuit board and stator printed circuit board.
Claims12
A wound field synchronous machine, comprising:
- a rotating transformer, comprising:
- a stator printed circuit board (PCB) arranged along a rotation axis;
- a rotary PCB axially separated from the stator PCB by a gap and supported for relative rotation about the rotation axis relative to the stator PCB, a coil surface of the rotary PCB axially opposing a coil surface of the stator PCB across the gap;
- a ferromagnetic core connected to a core surface of the stator PCB on a side of the stator PCB axially opposite the coil surface;
- a ferromagnetic core connected to a core surface of the rotary PCB on a side of the rotary PCB axially opposite the coil surface;
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- conductors fixed to the coil surfaces of the stator PCB and the rotor PCB, each conductor including, first and second spiral coils configured to transfer electrical energy between the stator PCB and the rotary PCB, the second spiral coil circumferentially offset from the first spiral coil about the rotation axis;
- a bridge segment extending through the PCB electrically connecting the second spiral coil with the first spiral coil, wherein the first and second spiral coils are arranged on only one side of the respective PCB such that the first and second spiral coils of rotary PCB conductor and the first and second spiral coils of the stator PCB conductor are wholly disposed within the gap;
- a main field rotating power converter connected to the rotary PCB of the rotating transformer;
- a control power module connected to the stator PCB of the rotating transformer,
- wherein the control power module is electromagnetically connected by the stator PCB and the rotary PCB of the rotating transformer to the main field rotating power converter.
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A wound field synchronous machine, comprising:
- a rotating transformer, comprising:
- a stator printed circuit board (PCB) with a coil surface and a core surface arranged along a rotation axis and axially separated by an insulating substrate;
- a ferromagnetic core connected to the core surface of the stator PCB on a side of the stator PCB axially opposite the coil surface;
- a single stator coil comprising a foil body adhered to the coil surface of the stator PCB, the stator coil extending about the rotation axis arranged axially on only one side of the stator PCB;
- a rotary PCB axially separated from the stator PCB by a gap and supported for relative rotation about the rotation axis relative to the stator PCB, a coil surface of the rotary PCB axially opposing a coil surface of the stator PCB across the gap;
- a ferromagnetic core connected to a core surface of the rotary PCB on a side of the rotary PCB axially opposite the coil surface;
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- a single rotary coil comprising a foil body adhered to the coil surface of the rotary PCB, the rotary coil extending about the rotation axis arranged axially on only one side of the rotary PCB within the gap such that only the single stator coil and the single rotary coil are disposed within the gap, the rotary coil and the stator coil being wholly disposed within the gap
- a main field rotating power converter connected to the rotary PCB of the rotating transformer;
- A control power module connected to the stator PCB of the rotating transformer, wherein the control power module is electromagnetically connected by the stator PCB and the rotary PCB of the rotating transformer to the main field rotating power converter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.