Brush mechanism for a homopolar generator
CA 1215097 A · Owner: The Board Of Regents, The University Of Texas System · Inventors: Walls, William A.; Weldon, William F.; Bousman, Kurth P.
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A high-energy high-current homopolar generator pulsed power supply system that is compact and field portable. The power supply system includes a homopolar generator (HPG), an auxiliary supply and drive system both mounted, on a skid frame, and a control system coupled to the HPG and drive system. The homopolar generator has a split rotor with insulation between the halves and a recess in the periphery. A stator ring and field coil for producing, a magnetic field through which the rotor halves make two simultaneous voltage-generating passes are disposed within, the recess in the rotor. Air-actuated brush mechanisms inside and outside the recess contact surfaces of the rotor and collect …
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- Granted December 9, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 9, 2003.
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