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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1989
Bobby D McKee, San Jose, CA (US);
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A homopolar dynamoelectric machine is provided with plural independent output terminals for selectable external interconnection to yield a variable output. Each output terminal is associated with a respective pair of rotor conductor and stator conductor. Each rotor conductor and stator conductor is of a generally cylindrical shape. Each stator conductor is further comprised of two separated portions each of a generally cylindrically shape. The rotor conductors and stator conductors are arranged concentrically to each other, and all stator conductors are positioned external to all rotor conductors. The surface of each rotor and stator conductor can be skewed to provide a skewed current flow generating a magnetic field boosting that initially provided in the system. Each output terminal has two connections to each stator conductor, one on each separated portion of the corresponding stator conductor. Each such connection comprises plurals contact areas on a corresponding stator conductor. The contact areas generally evenly distributed around a cross section of the stator conductor's separated portion.