Abstract:
A data converter comprises a pair of NAND gates (21, 41) and a pair of bipolar differential operational amplifiers (22, 42). Monopolar binary digital data (See Fig. 2b) in uninverted and inverted forms and a clock signal (Fig. 2a) are connected with the NAND gate inputs. The NAND gate outputs are complementary monopolar data signals at the clock frequency and are cross-coupled to the direct and inverting inputs of the operational amplifiers. The outputs of the operational amplifiers are complementary bipolar data signals. Low pass filters (27, 28, 29) establish the rise and fall times of the bipolar data signals and the high frequency response limit. Voltage buffers (23, 43) isolate the converter from the data transmission line and include current limiting resistors (34, 35) which prevent damage in the event of a short circuit of the line.
Abstract:
An inverter control system for selecting an angle set defining an inverter output waveform in response to various operating conditions of the inverter (10). The inverter control system selects an angle set in response to signals representing the power factor () of the load and the normalized DC bus voltage (PU VDC) to minimize the harmonic content of the inverter output waveform and to compensate for voltage drops occuring between the DC power supply and the load. The inverter control system is also responsive to the inverter filter output current (IO) to detect fault conditions and in response thereto, to select at least one angle set defining a waveform to reduce the voltage at the load to zero while allowing the filter output current to increase to a given percentage of the rated current.
Abstract:
A helicopter blade position and control mechanism including a hollow rotor shaft (14) for mounting a plurality of rotor blades (22) with provision for pitch adjustment. A control shaft (28) is disposed within the rotor shaft and is rotatable relative thereto and is associated with actuators (20) for the blades such that the pitch of the blades is changed when the control shaft rotates relative to the rotor shaft. A planetary gear assembly (44) interconnects to control shaft and a source of power fixed to the helicopter fuselage (10) and is such that when an input to the planetary gear assembly is quiescent, the control shaft will rotate in the same direction and at the same rate as the rotor shaft to maintain a desired blade pitch. Conversely, when an input is placed on the planetary gear system, relative rotation between the control shaft and the rotor shaft will occur to provide the desired adjustment in blade pitch. The system allows accurate blade position feedback signals to be taken from a feedback device stationarily mounted on the fuselage.
Abstract:
A rotor (15) for a permanent magnet generator has a carrier (24) of nonmagnetic material. One or more elements (18, 19, 20, 21) of magnetic material are carried by the carrier and provide a magnetic path in parallel with the primary magnetic path for operating flux which is coupled with the stator (10) windings. The number of magnetic elements used determines the amount of flux diverted from the stator (10) and thus adjusts the voltage generated in the stator winding.
Abstract:
A rotary electric machine including a stator (10), a rotor (22) separated from the stator by an air gap, journalled for rotation relative to the stator about an axis of rotation, and electrical windings (14) carried by at least one of the rotor and the stator. A cooling liquid flow path (26, 28) is provided for cooling the windings, and a gas vent passage (56) in the rotor introduces gas into the air gap to prevent the entry of liquid coolant into it and/or to drive accumulated liquid coolant out of the air gap.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for removing air and other gases entrained in water or other liquid and, more particularly from water delivered from a steam condenser (17) and used in a steam-generating system for powering a prime mover (12) of a torpedo. The apparatus includes a rotatable drum (32) for centrifuging a volume of water and air to separate the water from the air, a pitot probe (60) for drawing water from the container (32) under pressure, a water-driven air jet pump (70) within the rotatable drum and communicating with the separated air to pump the air into a collection chamber (72) and build up the pressure thereof, a nozzle (75) for directing a portion of the water drawn through the pitot probe to the air jet pump for operation thereof and a relief valve (85) for controlling the discharge of air under pressure from the collection chamber (72) to an exhaust area which may be a pressurized area within the torpedo.
Abstract:
The cooling efficiency in a rotary electric machine is improved by providing direct contact between the coolant and the sources of heat while preventing high drag loss from coolant entering the air gap between the moving and stationary parts of the rotary machine. The rotary electric machine such as a brushless generator includes a housing (10), a stator (24) within the housing (10) and a rotor (22) journalled within the housing (10). A stationary element (60) is affixed to the housing (10) and extends axially into a cavity (58) in the rotor (22) and a barrier (48) is provided in the air gap (34) between the stator (24) and the rotor (22). The barrier (48) serves to isolate the flow of coolant to the stator (24) from the air gap (34) and the stationary element (60) serves as an arrangement for mounting, within the rotor (22), components of a permanent magnet generator (90) and an exciter (92) which is wholly contained within the rotor (22). The stationary element (60) is also provided with a conduit (64) for conducting coolant to the various components of the rotor (22).
Abstract:
Electromotive machine of the type having a stator (14) and a rotor (15). The stator is provided with multiple sets of windings (quadrants 1:4, Fig. 1), each independently electrically coupled to an electrical means to establish separate power channels between the windings and the electrical means that allow for the simultaneous independent transmission of power through the channels when the machine is in operation. In case of failure in one of the windings (quadrants 1:4), operation of the machine can continue through use of the remaining windings. The machine may take the form of either a motor or generator.
Abstract:
Flight control actuation systems are typically provided with inertial motors having high speed rotating parts that are difficult to stop. The use of an unidirectional high gain brake arrangement that includes in combination a shaft (11) mounted for rotation within a housing (16) has been found to aid in stopping the actuation system when it has reached its maximum travel. The shaft is rotatable in either direction. A brake (25) is selectively releasably coupled to the housing and to the shaft. The brake has a first member (45). An intermittent motion device (60) is respectively coupled through the first member to the housing and through a one-way clutch (25) to the shaft. The brake also has a second member (42) that is mechanically coupled to the first brake member and to the housing. The intermittent motion device causes the brake to be activated by movement imparted to the first brake member after a preset number of revolutions of the shaft in one direction. The brake is released by rotation of the shaft in an opposite direction whereby torque transmitted through the one-way clutch to the first brake member is removed.
Abstract:
A motor generator system (120) in accordance with the invention includes a prime mover (21) for driving an output shaft (18), a main motor generator (105), having a rotor driven by the output shaft, for producing electrical power on at least one output winding (36a-36c) in response to the prime mover rotating the output shaft and for driving the output shaft in response to operation as a motor; an exciter (102) for applying excitation to a field winding (34) of the main motor generator during operation for producing electrical power on the at least one output winding and for applying current to the field winding of the main motor and generator to produce a magnetic field in the field winding during operation of the main motor generator as a motor; circuitry (122), responsive to current in a field winding (204) of the exciter, for producing an output signal representing a position of the rotor of the main motor generator driven by the output shaft; and a main inverter (114), responsive to the output signal, for commutating application of electrical current to the at least one output winding to control operation of the main motor generator during operation as a motor.