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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1988
Albert C Sismour, Jr, Casselberry, FL (US);
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A flexible conductor for use in a dynamoelectric machine to electrically connect a radial lead of a rotor with field windings and a dynamoelectric machine incorporating such a flexible conductor are disclosed. The flexible conductor has first and second conductive members, the first for attachment to the radial lead and the second, of a U-shaped construction, for connection to the field windings. The two conductive members are spaced apart to form a gap and a flexible connector spans the gap with a portion thereof extending through the gap in the direction of a leg of the second conductive member. The flexible connector is formed from a plurality of sandwiched conductive strips having slots therein which form a catenary connection between the two conductive members, whose radial and tangential stiffness is equal.