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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2014
Regal Beloit America, Inc., Beloit, WI (US);
Mark Lyon Klopp, Berne, IN (US);
Zachary Joseph Stauffer, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Michael Allen Marks, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Regal Beloit America, Inc., Beloit, WI (US);
Abstract
An electric machine is provided. The electric machine includes a rotor and a stator. The stator includes a plurality of teeth and a plurality of windings. Each of the plurality of windings is positioned around at least one of the plurality of teeth. The electric machine further includes a leakage current shielding system. The leakage current shielding system includes a plurality of leakage current shields. Each of the current shields includes a body portion thereof which is positioned between the plurality of teeth and the plurality of windings. Each of the leakage current shields also includes a connecting portion that extends from the body portion. The leakage current shielding system also includes a plurality of connectors. Each of the plurality of connectors is adapted for receiving the connection portion of the leakage current shield. The leakage current shielding system also includes a connecting ring for securing the plurality of connectors.