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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
May. 01, 2019
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
David Allan Torrey, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Nidhishri Tapadia, Arvada, CO (US);
Joseph Zierer, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Anbo Wu, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An annular rotating armature is presented. The annular rotating armature includes an armature winding having a plurality of coils, an armature support structure and a magnetic shield disposed between the armature winding and the armature support structure. The magnetic shield having a first magnetic shield ring, a second magnetic shield ring disposed concentric to the first magnetic shield ring and coupled to the first magnetic shield ring via a magnetic shield bridge link. An air gap is formed between the first magnetic shield ring and the second magnetic shield ring. The magnetic shield bridge link is disposed within the air gap. A superconducting generator including the annular rotating armature and a wind turbine having such superconducting generator are also presented.