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Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2018
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

David Allan Torrey, Ballston Spa, NY (US);

Mark Ernest Vermilyea, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Siddharth Navinchandra Ashar, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Alexander Kagan, Guilderland, NY (US);

Joseph John Zierer, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Ernst Wolfgang Stautner, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Paul St. Mark Shadforth Thompson, Stephentown, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 9/25 (2016.01); F03D 80/80 (2016.01); H02K 55/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 9/25 (2016.05); F03D 80/82 (2016.05); H02K 55/04 (2013.01); F05B 2260/231 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wind turbine is presented. The wind turbine includes a rotor having a plurality of blades. The wind turbine further includes a shaft coupled to the rotor. Moreover, the wind turbine includes a superconducting generator coupled to the rotor via the shaft. The superconducting generator includes an armature configured to be rotated via the shaft. The superconducting generator further includes a stationary field disposed concentric to and radially outward from the armature.


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