Patent ID: 7808138

Claim:
A rotor pole crossover connection joint in a rotating electrical machine comprising: a rotor coil comprising a stack of coil straps including a bottom coil strap located at a radially inner side of said rotor coil and a first coil strap stacked atop said bottom coil strap so as to extend beyond a termination of said bottom coil strap exposing a bottom surface of said first coil strap; a rotor pole crossover comprising a rotor pole crossover leg; a single piece connector that couples said termination of said bottom coil strap to said rotor pole crossover leg comprising: a body member; a coil-side connector arm having a coil end that connects to said termination of said bottom coil strap and extends such that an arm surface is positioned adjacent to said exposed bottom surface of said first coil strap; a first shoulder that integrally couples said coil-side connector arm to said body member; a crossover-side connector arm having a crossover end that connects to said crossover leg; and a second shoulder that integrally couples said crossover-side connector arm to said body member so as to define a space between a face of said crossover-side connector arm and a radially inwardly facing side of said rotor coil.