US 11,722,031 B2
Component for a power generation system
Robert Rolston, Peterborough (GB); and Mark Riley, Peterborough (GB)
Assigned to Cummins Generator Technologies Limited, Peterborough (GB)
Filed by Cummins Generator Technologies Limited, Peterborough (GB)
Filed on Dec. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/247,623.
Application 17/247,623 is a continuation of application No. PCT/GB2019/051737, filed on Jun. 20, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1810271 (GB), filed on Jun. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0111607 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. H02K 5/20 (2006.01); H02K 5/16 (2006.01); H02K 7/18 (2006.01); H02K 9/06 (2006.01)
CPC H02K 5/207 (2021.01) [H02K 5/16 (2013.01); H02K 7/1815 (2013.01); H02K 9/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adaptor arranged to connect between a generator and a prime mover in a power generation system, the adaptor comprising:
a rear member arranged to be connected to the generator;
a front member arranged to be connected to the prime mover; and
a plurality of cross members which connect the front member to the rear member,
wherein the adaptor is arranged to house a fan, and
wherein the cross members are wedge-shaped, with an edge on a radially inwards end of the cross member and two side surfaces each of which extends radially outwards from the edge, and the width of the cross members increases with increasing distance from the inside of the adaptor.