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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2022
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/s, Brande, DK;
Ziad Azar, Sheffield, GB;
Reza Nilifard, Odense C, DK;
SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S, Brande, DK;
Abstract
A rotor for an electric machine, especially a generator of a direct drive wind turbine, includes a cylindrical rotor housing with several magnet means arranged at the inner housing surface, wherein each magnet means includes several magnet elements arranged in a row parallel to an axis of rotation, wherein the inner housing surface is provided with at least one groove-like recesses extending parallel to the axis of rotation, wherein each recess is covered by the magnet elements of a row, and wherein at least two magnet elements in at least some of the rows are arranged with at least one gap extending in the circumferential direction, which gap communicates with the respective recess.