US 12,003,143 B2
Flexible mechanical support system for diodes in a rotating rectifier
Balamurugan Sridharan, Bangalore (IN); Mamatha Ramakrishnaiah, Bangalore (IN); Mohammad Khaja Mohiddin Shaik, Bangalore (IN); Xiaochuan Jia, Centerville, OH (US); and Hao Huang, Troy, OH (US)
Assigned to GE Aviation Systems, LLC, Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed by GE Aviation Systems LLC, Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/405,160.
Claims priority of application No. 202011037519 (IN), filed on Aug. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0069673 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H02K 11/042 (2016.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01)
CPC H02K 11/042 (2013.01) [B64D 27/24 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A rotating rectifier associated with an electric machine, the rotating rectifier defining an axial direction and comprising:
a diode; and
a connection lead having a diode contact segment in contact with the diode and a first spring segment and a second spring segment positioned on opposite sides of the diode contact segment along the axial direction, wherein the first spring segment includes a plurality of undulating spring laps arranged adjacent to one another, and wherein the second spring segment includes a plurality of undulating spring laps arranged adjacent to one another.