Patent ID: 7239149

Claim:
A search coil mount for an electrical generator including a housing enclosing a stator and a rotor, said stator being supported in a frame within said housing and including a stator winding which is distributed among a plurality of stator slots, said rotor being disposed generally concentrically within said stator with an air gap being defined between said stator and said rotor, said rotor including a rotor winding which is distributed among a plurality of rotor slots, said search coil mount comprising: a mounting block having first and second sides and first and second ends, a longitudinal hole generally extending from the first end toward the second end, and a plurality of transverse apertures each extending between the first and second sides and intersecting said longitudinal hole; at least one wedge disposed within each of said transverse apertures; a wedge pin structured to be inserted into said longitudinal hole in order to engage and move said at least one wedge outward from said mounting block, thereby securing said mount in a desired position within said electrical generator; and a fastening mechanism structured to maintain said desired position of said mount, wherein said mount is structured to be installable within said electrical generator without requiring said rotor to be removed.