Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bearing current mitigation for an electric machine embedded in a gas turbine engine
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Application No.: US17205028Application Date: 2021-03-18
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Publication No.: US11735982B2Publication Date: 2023-08-22
- Inventor: Mohamed Osama , Bartlomiej Drozd , John Russell Yagielski
- Applicant: General Electric Company , General Electric Company Polska Sp. z o.o. , General Electric Deutschland Holding GmbH
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company,General Electric Company Polska Sp. z o.o,General Electric Deutschland Holding GmbH
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company,General Electric Company Polska Sp. z o.o,General Electric Deutschland Holding GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady; PL Warsaw; DE Frankfurt
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: H02K11/40
- IPC: H02K11/40 ; H02K11/21 ; F02C6/20 ; H02K7/18 ; H02K11/02 ; H02K24/00 ; H03H1/00

Abstract:
A hybrid-electric propulsion system is provided. In one example aspect, the hybrid-electric propulsion system includes a power converter and a propulsor. The propulsor includes a gas turbine engine having a shaft and one or more bearings supporting the shaft. The propulsor also includes an electric machine electrically coupled with the power converter. The electric machine includes a stator assembly and a rotor assembly. The rotor assembly has a rotor and a rotor connection assembly. The rotor connection assembly operatively couples the rotor with the shaft. The rotor connection assembly has an insulated joint for interrupting common mode electric current from flowing from the rotor of the electric machine to the shaft. A grounding device is included to electrically ground the shaft. The power converter includes an electromagnetic interference filter to reduce common mode voltage reaching the electric machine.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220302801A1 BEARING CURRENT MITIGATION FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE EMBEDDED IN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE Public/Granted day:2022-09-22
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