Apparatus comprising a wound rotor and a rotor housing and bearing structure

Claim 1

ELECTRICAL APPARATUS COMPRISING A HOLLOW CASING, A STATOR ASSEMBLY AXIALLY SLIDABLE INTO THE CASING AGAINST A STOP IN THE LATTER, A BEARING SUPPORT AXIALLY SLIDABLE INTO SAID CASING, A SNAP RING ENGAGING A GROOVE IN THE CASING WALL AND RESILIENT MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID STATOR ASSEMBLY AND SAID SUPPORT FOR URGING SAID ASSEMBLY AND SUPPORT AGAINST SAID STOP AND THE INNER FACE OF SAID RING, RESPECTIVELY, MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID SUPPORT FIRMLY AGAINST SAID RING, A ROTOR WITHIN THE STATOR, BEARINGS IN SAID CASING AND SUPPORT FOR THE ROTOR, A WINDING ON THE ROTOR, LEADS CONNECTED TOTHE TERMINALS OF SAID WINDING AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE WALL OF THE ROTOR INTO A HOLLOW AND PORTION THEREOF, AND MEANS FOR FIXING SAID LEADS INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF AGAINST MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO THE CASING AT A POSITION SPACED FROM THE WINDING, SAID LEADS BEING CONTINUOUS FLEXIBLE WIRES FORMED INTO COILS BETWEEN SAID POSITION AND THE WINDING.