ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,054, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Timken Gears & Services Inc. (King of Prussia, Pa.).
"Wound rotor for wind turbine generators" was invented by Randall W. Russell (Kennewick, Wash.) and Jan H. de Swardt (Eustis, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wound rotor for use in an electric machine. The wound rotor includes a winding overhang portion and a connection ring formed of a plurality of rectangular cross-section conductor sections connected in parallel, the connection ring disposed underneath the winding overhang portion. The wound rotor further includes a first plurality of conductor coils extending from the winding overha...