US Patent Issued to MITSUBISHI GENERATOR on Sept. 23 for "Phase ring support structure and rotating electric machine" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,894, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to MITSUBISHI GENERATOR Co. LTD. (Kobe, Japan).

"Phase ring support structure and rotating electric machine" was invented by Wataru Yamashita (Tokyo) and Tatsuya Okuda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal support structural body is provided on the radially outer side of a phase ring for connecting a rotating electric machine armature winding at a stator end. An insulator ensuring an insulation distance to the ground is interposed between the phase ring and the metal support structural body. Thus, long-term reliability improves as compared to a conventional insulation-to-ground structure...