Electrical generator or motor structure – Dynamoelectric – Rotary
Patent
1991-03-28
1993-10-12
Stephan, Steven L.
Electrical generator or motor structure
Dynamoelectric
Rotary
310 90, 310 67R, 440 6, H02K 1600, H02K 714, H02K 708
Patent
active
052528758
ABSTRACT:
The submersible propulsor unit of the invention comprises a cylindrical shroud having a water inlet and a water outlet, a propeller having a hub rotatably mounted within the shroud on a shaft, and an electric motor for driving the propeller that includes a rotor mounted around the periphery of the propeller, and a stator circumscribing the shroud, and a bearing assembly that includes means for circulating ambient water around the bearing surfaces to both lubricate and cool them. A stationary cover is detachably secured over the bearing assembly on the water inlet end of the shaft to provide easy access to the bearings in the bearing assembly The vane members that concentrically mount the shaft within the interior of the shroud are, in one embodiment, all connected on the downstream side of the propeller to reduce the cavitation and resulting noise when the propeller rotates. The magnetization of the rotor is provided by a plurality of permanent magnets for both improved efficiency, and lower noise. A squirrel cage structure formed from damper bars and conductive wedges is integrated over the magnets of the rotor both to assist in the starting of the motor, as well as to insulate the magnets from harmonic currents that could act to de-magnetize them. In one embodiment, the propulsor unit has a single propeller driven by two identical side-by-side motor assemblies. This arrangement provides added reliability while retaining mechanical simplicity and low cost and weight as compared with a multipropeller propulsor unit.
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Drake James A.
Veronesi Luciano
LaBalle C.
Stephan Steven L.
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
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