Patent ID: 7002270

Claim:
A joined assembly for a rotor of a dynamoelectric machine, said joined assembly being part of a conductive path generally extending from a radially inward section of the rotor to a radially outward section of the rotor, the conductive path including a flexible connecting member from the radially inward section of the rotor to the joined assembly, the joined assembly comprising: a stacked winding energizable in response to excitation current carried by the conductive path to a top of the stacked winding located at said radially outward section of the rotor; and a connector including a first leg providing an electrically insulated mechanical point of contact relative to a bottom of the stacked winding, a second leg electromechanically connected to the top of the stacked winding, and a third leg providing an electrically conductive path between said first and second legs, wherein said stacked winding is captured by said connector to constitute said joined assembly, which is jointly movable in response to axial and/or radial forces that may develop during operation of the dynamoelectric machine.