Patent ID: 9571010
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H02N

Claim:
1. A rotating electrical machine comprising: a stator supported on a frame and having at least one stator plate; a rotor supported on an axle supported on bearings mounted on the frame for rotation of the axle about an axis with respect to the stator and including at least one rotor plate positioned to pass by the stator plate during rotation of the rotor with respect to the stator; and a liquid film between the stator and rotor; wherein the at least one stator plate and at least one rotor plate are axially movable to float in separation when the at least one rotor plate passes by the at least one stator plate on the liquid film so that during operation of the rotating electrical machine, the liquid suspends the at least one stator plate and at least one rotor plate in separation in a manner of a fluid bearing and without mechanical contact between the at least one rotor plate and the at least one stator plate and intervening solid bearing materials.