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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
May. 20, 2006
Donal E. Baker, Rockford, IL (US);
Donal E. Baker, Rockford, IL (US);
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Abstract
A wound field synchronous (WFS) dynamoelectric machine comprises: a rotor assembly; an exciter generator section comprising a stationary multiphase exciter stator winding for receiving excitation power from a multiphase alternating current (AC) source to generate an exciter stator magnetic field, a multiphase exciter rotor winding in the rotor assembly for generating multiphase AC excitation power as it cuts through the exciter stator magnetic field and a rotating rectifier assembly in the rotor assembly for converting the multiphase AC excitation power to direct current (DC) excitation power; a synchronous machine section comprising a DC main rotor winding in the rotor assembly for generating a main rotor magnetic field and a stationary multiphase main stator winding for receiving a multiphase AC control signal to generate a rotating main stator magnetic field that interacts with the main rotor magnetic field to rotate the rotor assembly; and an impedance that selectively connects one phase of the exciter stator winding to another phase of the exciter stator winding that disconnects from the multiphase AC current source above a predetermined rotational speed of the rotor assembly.