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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1998
Steven William Jones, Delanson, NY (US);
Marcus Edward Harrington, Clifton Park, NY (US);
James F Hopeck, Mechanicville, NY (US);
Patrick Brian Douglass, Amsterdam, NY (US);
Steven Lester Adams, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Klaus Sommerlatte, Guilderland, NY (US);
Kena Kimi Yokoyama, Latham, NY (US);
Apostolos Karafillis, Cambridge, MA (US);
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A connector support block has a recess defined in part by an arcuate surface for limiting deflection of a main lead connector coupled between the main lead terminal and the innermost turn of end coils on a generator. The recess is spanned by a pin displaceable in elliptical openings in flanges defining the recess and about which pin the main lead connector makes a 180.degree. bend. By limiting the deflection of the main lead connector, stresses introduced into the main lead connector at the 180.degree. bend, a 90.degree. bend and the joint between the main lead connector and innermost turn are reduced under cyclic loading whereby increased fatigue life of the main lead connector is provided.