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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2001
Gerald E. Tornquist, Tucson, AZ (US);
Raymond W. Borden, Farmingdale, NJ (US);
James D. Lengel, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Ming Xu, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kieran P. J. Doherty, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Gregor J. S. Mcdowall, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gerald E. Tornquist, Tucson, AZ (US);
Raymond W. Borden, Farmingdale, NJ (US);
James D. Lengel, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Ming Xu, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kieran P. J. Doherty, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Gregor J. S. McDowall, Tucson, AZ (US);
Honeywell International, Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system and method for electrically coupling windings of a main generator rotor to a plurality of DC sources on an exciter that each have respective first-voltage and second-voltage terminals is disclosed. The system includes first and second conductive plates supported by the rotor that respectively define first and second apertures that surround a rotor shaft. The first plate includes a first rotor winding terminal by which the plate is electrically coupled to the windings, and a first plurality of terminals configured to be respectively coupled to the first-voltage terminals of the DC sources. The second plate is electrically insulated from the first plate, includes a second rotor winding terminal by which the second plate is electrically coupled to the windings, and includes a second plurality of terminals configured to be respectively coupled to the second-voltage terminals of the DC sources.