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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1992
Filed:
May. 13, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
John B Sargeant, Oviedo, FL (US);
Jan W Seyler, Guelph, CA;
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
310 91 ; 310 51 ; 310 89 ; 310157 ; 310258 ;
Abstract
An electromagnetic rotating machine having an annular stator and a rotor disposed within the stator, the stator including a frame and stator laminations secured to the frame and located radially inwardly of the frame, and the stator being mounted on a rigid foundation such that the rotor has a vertical axis of rotation, and stator shape stabilizing devices connected between the stator frame and the foundation at a plurality of spaced points around the stator frame for imposing outwardly directed radial forces on the frame at the spaced points in a manner to maintain a circular configuration for the frame.