Systems and methods for improved direct drive generators
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IPC분류정보
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United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H02K-021/24
H02K-001/30
H02K-007/18
출원번호
US-0152164
(2011-06-02)
등록번호
US-9154024
(2015-10-06)
발명자
/ 주소
Jore, Matthew B.
Jore, Lincoln
Kvam, Michael A.
Jore, James D.
Samsel, David
Duford, James David
Smith, James S.
출원인 / 주소
Boulder Wind Power, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Cooley LLP
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Systems and methods for improved generators are described. One embodiment includes an assembly for an axial flux generator, the assembly comprising an arc-shaped rotor section that includes a rotor support configured to rotate around an axis of a generator, and an at least one rotor element for powe
Systems and methods for improved generators are described. One embodiment includes an assembly for an axial flux generator, the assembly comprising an arc-shaped rotor section that includes a rotor support configured to rotate around an axis of a generator, and an at least one rotor element for power generation that is connected to the rotor support; an arc-shaped stator section comprising a stator support and an at least one stator element for power generation connected to the stator support; wherein the rotor section and the stator section are configured to provide an axial air gap between the at least one rotor element and the at least one stator element, and wherein the at least one rotor element and the at least one stator element are positioned to be at substantially the same radial distance from the axis of the generator.
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1. An assembly for an axial flux generator, the assembly comprising: an arc-shaped rotor section, the rotor section including a rotor support, configured to rotate around an axis of a generator, a first rotor element and a second rotor element each connected to the rotor support, the first rotor ele
1. An assembly for an axial flux generator, the assembly comprising: an arc-shaped rotor section, the rotor section including a rotor support, configured to rotate around an axis of a generator, a first rotor element and a second rotor element each connected to the rotor support, the first rotor element and the second rotor element each being for power generation; andan arc-shaped stator section, the stator section including: a stator support, a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board each connected to the stator support in a side-by side relationship along at least a portion of the arc-shaped stator section, the first printed circuit board being for power generation and having a plurality of conductors, at least a first conductor from the plurality of conductors providing a conductive path associated with a first electrical phase of the axial flux generator and at least a second conductor from the plurality of conductors providing a conductive path associated with a, second electrical phase of the axial flux generator different than the first electrical phase of the axial flux generator, the second printed circuit board being for power generation and being coupled to the first printed circuit board,the arc-shaped stator section configured to be coupled to an adjacent arc-shaped stator section of the axial flux generator;the rotor section and the stator section being disposed relative to each other such that an axial air gap is defined between (1) the first rotor element and the second rotor element and (2) the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, the first rotor element, the second rotor element, the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board each being configured to be positioned at substantially the same radial distance from the axis of the generator. 2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the first rotor element is positioned on a first side of the first printed circuit board, the second rotor element is positioned on a first side of the second rotor element, the rotor section further includes a third rotor element positioned on a second side of the first printed circuit board and a fourth rotor element positioned on a second side of the second printed circuit board. 3. The assembly of claim 1, wherein each of the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board extend radially outward from the stator support. 4. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the assembly is non-destructively detachably connectable to an adjacent assembly. 5. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board are each non-destructively detachably connected to the stator support. 6. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the assembly is for an axial flux generator with a diameter of at least three meters. 7. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the rotor support is axially flexible. 8. An axial flux generator comprising: a plurality of arc-shaped rotor sections, each rotor section including a rotor support configured to rotate around an axis of a generator and an at least one rotor element connected to the rotor support, the at least one rotor element being for power generation; anda plurality of arc-shaped stator sections, each stator section including a stator support, a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board each connected to the stator support in a side-by side relationship along at least a portion of the arc-shaped stator section, the first printed circuit board being for power generation and providing a plurality of conductors, each conductor from the plurality of conductors providing a conductive path associated with a different one of a plurality of electrical phases of the axial flux generator, each conductor from the plurality of conductors being couplable to a corresponding conductor from a plurality of conductors of an adjacent stator section from the plurality of arc-shaped stator sections, the second printed circuit board being for power generation and being couplable to the first printed circuit board,an axial air gap being defined between the at least one rotor element and both the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, the first printed circuit board, the second printed circuit board and the at least one rotor element each being positioned at substantially the same radial distance from the axis of the generator. 9. The axial flux generator of claim 8, wherein the rotor section further includes a first rotor element positioned on a first side of one of the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board and a second rotor element positioned on a second side of the one of a first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board. 10. The axial flux generator of claim 8, wherein the at least one rotor element extends radially inward from the rotor support. 11. The axial flux generator of claim 8, wherein each rotor section from the plurality of rotor sections is non-destructively detachably connectable to an adjacent rotor section. 12. The axial flux generator of claim 8, wherein the at least one rotor element is non-destructively detachably connected to the rotor support. 13. The axial flux generator of claim 8, wherein the axial flux generator has a diameter of at least three meters. 14. The axial flux generator of claim 8, wherein the rotor support is axially flexible. 15. An axial flux generator comprising: a non-destructively detachable rotor section including a rotor support configured to rotate around an axis of a generator and at least one rotor element connected to the rotor support, the at least one rotor element being for power generation; anda non-destructively detachable stator section including a first printed circuit board for power generation and a second printed circuit board for power generation coupled to the first printed circuit board in a side-by-side relationship along at least a portion of the stator section, the first printed circuit board having plurality of conductors, at least a first conductor from the plurality of conductors configured to provide a conductive path associated with a first electrical phase of the axial flux generator and at least a second conductor from the plurality of conductors configured to provide a conductive path associated with a second electrical phase of the axial flux generator, the second printed circuit board being couplable to the first printed circuit board,the non-destructively detachable stator section configured to be coupled to an adjacent non-destructively detachable stator section, the non-destructively detachable rotor section configured to be coupled to an adjacent non-destructively attachable rotor section of the axial flux machine; andan axial air gap being defined between the at least one rotor element and both the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, the at least one rotor element, the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board each being positioned at substantially the same radial distance from the axis of the generator. 16. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the first conductor is configured to be electrically coupled to a corresponding conductor associated with the first phase of the axial flux generator of the adjoining arc-shaped stator section, and the second conductor is configured to be electrically coupled to a corresponding conductor associated with the second phase of the axial flux generator of the adjoining arc-shaped stator section. 17. The axial flux generator of claim 15, wherein the first conductor is electrically couplable to a conductor of an adjacent stator section providing a conductive path associated with the first electrical phase of the axial flux generator, and the second conductor is electrically couplable to a conductor of the adjacent stator section providing a conductive path associated with the second electrical phase of the axial flux generator. 18. The axial flux generator of claim 15, wherein the first printed circuit board, the second printed circuit board, the first rotor element and the second rotor element, are each positioned at substantially the same radial distance from the axis of the generator.
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