Patent ID: 11894738
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  F | IPC F  H

Claim 0:
1. An electric machine defining an axial direction, a radial direction, and a centerline extending along the axial direction, the electric machine comprising:
a rotor assembly rotatable about the centerline;
a stator assembly having a stator split into stator segments, each one of the stator segments having an actuator associated therewith, each of the actuators being operable to move their respective one of the stator segments between a first position and a second position along the radial direction, the stator segments each being closer to the rotor assembly when in the first position than when in the second position;
a plurality of power converters, each of the plurality of power converters being electrically coupled to a respective stator segment of the stator segments; and
a controller operatively coupled with the actuators and being configured to:
receive data from one or more sensors associated with the electric machine;
identify a fault with the electric machine based on the data; and
operate the actuators to move their respective stator segments away from the rotor assembly from their respective first positions to their respective second positions in response to identifying the fault with the electric machine.