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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2016
Applicant:
GE Aviation Systems Llc, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ryan Lee Buffenbarger, New Carlisle, OH (US);
Xiaochuan Jia, Centerville, OH (US);
Slobodan Gataric, Xenia, OH (US);
Assignee:
GE Aviation Systems, LLC, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 3/14 (2006.01); H02P 29/20 (2016.01); H02K 11/33 (2016.01); H02K 11/21 (2016.01); H02K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 29/20 (2016.02); H02K 9/005 (2013.01); H02K 11/21 (2016.01); H02K 11/33 (2016.01);
Abstract
A method and power converter unit for operating a generator includes a rotatable shaft operably coupled with a source of rotational force, a rotor mounted to the rotatable shaft and having at least one rotor pole defining a rotatable direct axis, a stator encircling the rotor and having a set of stator windings, and a power output electrically coupled with the set of stator windings and operable in a power generating mode and a power absorption mode