Electrical generator or motor structure – Dynamoelectric – Rotary
Patent
1993-07-14
1994-10-11
Stephan, Steven L.
Electrical generator or motor structure
Dynamoelectric
Rotary
310 90, H02K 709, H02K 708
Patent
active
053550404
ABSTRACT:
A back-up bearing (50, FIG. 1) is provided for a magnetic journal or thrust bearing by a source of pressurized fluid 52 (such as gas), channels 51 supplying the fluid to the suspension gap 30 between moving bearing armature 25 and stationary armature pole faces 28.sub.1, 29.sub.1, and magnet control means 56 responsive to a decrease in gap width at any point below an acceptable minimum to supply the fluid by way of the channel(s) to the gap to form a hydrostatic bearing between stationary and movable armatures to aid or replace the magnetic bearing support. In a journal bearing, (FIG. 3) in which coil-containing spaces (62) exist between radially extending armature limbs the spaces may be closed by an apertured bridging piece (64) extending between pole faces and fluid supplied via that space to provide both increased hydrostatic bearing area and a way of cooling the coil by a low pressure fluid bleed at all times. The armatures faces may be provided with low friction bearing material to permit rubbing contact at very low speeds or rest.
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LaBalle C.
Stephan Steven L.
The Glacier Metal Company Limited
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