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US3230404A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Damping means for claw tooth rotors

Assignee: Old Carco LLC
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Filing: 1961-10-10
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Granted: 1966-01-18
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Expires: 1981-10-10
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Kenneth A Graham

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 04:38
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02K; H02K1/00; H02K1/06; H02K1/22; H02K1/24; H02K1/243

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 139 words
IN A DYNAMO-ELECTRODE MACHINE ROTOR COMPRISING A ROTOR HUB HAVING A ROTOR MAGNETIC COIL SUPPORTED THEREON, A PAIR OF CUP-LIKE POLE PIECES MOUNTED ON SAID HUB WITH THE CUP BOTTOM WALLS EXTENDING RADIALLY THEREFROM AND HAVING THE ROTOR COIL SANDWICHED THEREBETWEEN, SAID CUPS OPENING TOWARDS EACH OTHER AND HAVING THE SIDE WALLS THEREOF EACH FORMED WITH AXIALLY EXTENDING, CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED, INTERMESHED, POLE FINGERS THAT ARE SPACED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM AND SURROUNDING THE ROTOR COIL OUTER PERIPHERY, AND A POLE PIECE VIBRATION DAMPING MEANS ARRANGED CONCENTRICALLY BETWEEN THE ROTOR COIL AND THE POLE FINGERS WITH PORTIONS THEREOF ENGAGED WITH SAID FINGERS, SAID DAMPING MEANS COMPRISING A COMPRESSIBLE, RESILIENT METALLIC RING HAVING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY EXTENDING PORTIONS THEREOF COMPRESSED AGAINST AND EXTENDING BETWEEN AND INTERCONNECTING THE SIDES FACES OF ADJACENT POLE FINGERS AND EXERTING AN EXPANDING FORCE THEREAGAINST TO DAMP VIBRATIONS THEREOF.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 139 words
IN A DYNAMO-ELECTRODE MACHINE ROTOR COMPRISING A ROTOR HUB HAVING A ROTOR MAGNETIC COIL SUPPORTED THEREON, A PAIR OF CUP-LIKE POLE PIECES MOUNTED ON SAID HUB WITH THE CUP BOTTOM WALLS EXTENDING RADIALLY THEREFROM AND HAVING THE ROTOR COIL SANDWICHED THEREBETWEEN, SAID CUPS OPENING TOWARDS EACH OTHER AND HAVING THE SIDE WALLS THEREOF EACH FORMED WITH AXIALLY EXTENDING, CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED, INTERMESHED, POLE FINGERS THAT ARE SPACED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM AND SURROUNDING THE ROTOR COIL OUTER PERIPHERY, AND A POLE PIECE VIBRATION DAMPING MEANS ARRANGED CONCENTRICALLY BETWEEN THE ROTOR COIL AND THE POLE FINGERS WITH PORTIONS THEREOF ENGAGED WITH SAID FINGERS, SAID DAMPING MEANS COMPRISING A COMPRESSIBLE, RESILIENT METALLIC RING HAVING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY EXTENDING PORTIONS THEREOF COMPRESSED AGAINST AND EXTENDING BETWEEN AND INTERCONNECTING THE SIDES FACES OF ADJACENT POLE FINGERS AND EXERTING AN EXPANDING FORCE THEREAGAINST TO DAMP VIBRATIONS THEREOF.

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