Patent ID: 6218759
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
Apparatus for applying a radial outward force on armature windings extending from stator core slots at an end of a generator stator core, the stator core slots extending axially and having dovetails extending within the slots, said stator core end tapering radially outwardly toward said one end and outwardly of the dovetails comprising:a support ring at said one stator end and lying on a common axis with the stator core;a core end support for securing said ring and said stator core to one another;end wedges at least in part having corresponding surfaces at one end for engaging in the dovetails at end portions of the stator slots, tapered radially outwardly facing surfaces and opposite end portions for engaging said ring at circumferential locations thereabout; andslides having tapered radially inwardly facing surfaces engageable with the tapered faces of said end wedges and receivable radially outwardly of said end wedges for maintaining radially outward forces on the armature windings extending from the stator core slots.