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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2011
Hendrik Pieter Jacobus DE Bock, Clifton Park, NY (US);
James Pellegrino Alexander, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Ayman Mohamed Fawzi El-refaie, Niskayuna, NY (US);
William Dwight Gerstler, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Manoj Ramprasad Shah, Latham, NY (US);
Xiaochun Shen, Cohoes, NY (US);
Hendrik Pieter Jacobus De Bock, Clifton Park, NY (US);
James Pellegrino Alexander, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Ayman Mohamed Fawzi El-Refaie, Niskayuna, NY (US);
William Dwight Gerstler, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Manoj Ramprasad Shah, Latham, NY (US);
Xiaochun Shen, Cohoes, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, such as an electrical machine, is provided. The apparatus can include a rotor defining a rotor bore and a conduit disposed in and extending axially along the rotor bore. The conduit can have an annular conduit body defining a plurality of orifices disposed axially along the conduit and extending through the conduit body. The rotor can have an inner wall that at least partially defines the rotor bore. The orifices can extend through the conduit body along respective orifice directions, and the rotor and conduit can be configured to provide a line of sight along the orifice direction from the respective orifices to the inner wall.