Patent ID: 8860287

Claim:
A wind power generation system, comprising: a segmented stator comprising a structural element and a plurality of coils; a rotor configured to be rotated by wind to induce current in the plurality of coils; a lamination stack comprising a plurality of lamination plates disposed about the plurality of coils and a dovetail recess formed in the lamination stack; and a dovetail bar configured to be received by the dovetail recess and adjusted by an adjustment mechanism to engage the lamination stack and the structural element of the segmented stator to form a torque transfer interface, wherein torque is configured to be transferred from the lamination stack to the segmented stator via friction at the interface; wherein each segment of the segmented stator comprises an arcuate, circumferential portion of the structural element, and wherein each portion of the structural element is configured to be bolted to another portion of the structural element, so that all of the joined circumferential segments form the stator.