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- Patent Title: Conformal cooling devices for rotating generator elements and additive manufacturing processes for fabricating the same
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Application No.: US16886259Application Date: 2020-05-28
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Publication No.: US11552523B2Publication Date: 2023-01-10
- Inventor: Tom Phielix , Donald Godfrey , Erek Walker , Regina Lockard , Balwinder Birdi , Shreyas Iyer , Ben Wilson , Todd Coulam , Sean Byrnes , Kristen Van Osten
- Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Morris Plains
- Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Current Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Morris Plains
- Agency: Lorenz & Kopf, LLP
- Main IPC: H02K5/20
- IPC: H02K5/20 ; B33Y80/00 ; F01B23/10 ; H02K1/32 ; H02K7/18 ; H02K9/19 ; H02K15/14

Abstract:
Electrical generators having one or more conformal support and cooling devices for use in supporting and cooling rotating elements of the generator are disclosed herein. An electrical generator includes a housing, a shaft disposed axially through the housing, a rotor assembly including a plurality of poles that are disposed within the housing and mounted on the shaft, a support wedge disposed between two of the plurality of poles. The conformal support and cooling device includes an internal cooling channel in a helical configuration or a V-shape configuration that extends from a first length-wise end of the support and cooling device to a second length-wise end of the support and cooling device. Additive manufacturing processes are employed to fabricate the conformal support and cooling device.
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