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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2000
Manoj Ramprasad Shah, Latham, NY (US);
Sameh Ramadan Salem, Rexford, NY (US);
Ronald Irving Longwell, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A thermal control and keybar voltage differential reduction mechanism is provided for use in a power generator having multiple keybars that are each coupled to a flange. The mechanism includes an electrically conductive coupler capable of being electrically coupled to each of a first keybar and a second keybar of the multiple keybars. The coupler facilitates a flow of a current from the first keybar to the second keybar in response to a rotation of a rotor of the power generator, shunting the current away from the flange and producing a first magnetic field that opposes a second magnetic field induced by the rotation of the rotor.