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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2005
James Jonathan Grant, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Bharat Sampathkumaran Bagepalli, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Patrick Lee Jansen, Scotia, NY (US);
Paul Stephen Dimascio, Greer, SC (US);
Aniruddha Dattatraya Gadre, Rexford, NY (US);
Ronghai Qu, Clifton Park, NY (US);
James Jonathan Grant, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Bharat Sampathkumaran Bagepalli, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Patrick Lee Jansen, Scotia, NY (US);
Paul Stephen DiMascio, Greer, SC (US);
Aniruddha Dattatraya Gadre, Rexford, NY (US);
Ronghai Qu, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for assembling a wind turbine generator are provided. The wind turbine generator includes a core and a plurality of stator windings circumferentially spaced about a generator longitudinal axis, a rotor rotatable about the generator longitudinal axis wherein the rotor includes a plurality of magnetic elements coupled to a radially outer periphery of the rotor such that an airgap is defined between the stator windings and the magnetic elements and the plurality of magnetic elements including a radially inner periphery having a first diameter. The wind turbine generator also includes a bearing including a first member in rotatable engagement with a radially inner second member, the first member including a radially outer periphery, a diameter of the radially outer periphery of the first member being substantially equal to the first diameter, the rotor coupled to the stator through the bearing such that a substantially uniform airgap is maintained.