Apparatus for generating electric power

Claim 1

A GENERATOR FOR USE WITH A VARIABLE SPEED POWER SOURCE SUCH AS AN AUTOMOBILE ENGINE COMPRISING AN ARMATURE, MEANS MOUNTING SAID ARMATURE FOR ROTATION, A FIELD, MEANS MOUNTING SAID FIELD FOR ROTATION INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID ARMATURE CONCENTRIC WITH SAID ARMATURE AND IN INDUCTIVE REALTION THEREWITH, SLIP RING MEANS ON SAID FIELD, COMMUTATOR MEANS ON SAID ARMATURE FOR DERIVING A D.C. POTENTIAL THEREFROM, SLIP RING MEANS ON SAID ARMATURE FOR DERIVING AN A.C. VOLTAGE THEREFROM, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING D.C. POTENTIAL TO SAID FIELD SLIP RING MEANS FOR ENERGIZING SAID FIELD, SAID D.C. POTENTIAL SUPPLYING MEANS INCLUDING SAID ARMATURE COMMUTATOR MEANS, MEANS FOR ROTATABLY DRIVING ONE OF SAID FIELD AND ARMATURE, AND MEANS FOR BRAKING THE OTHER THEREOF, SAID BRAKING MEANS INCLUDING VOLTAGE SENSITIVE MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SLIP RING MEANS AND FLUID PRESSURE MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID VOLTAGE SENSITIVE MEANS AND WHEREIN SAID FLUID PRESSURE MEANS COMPRISES A HYDRAULIC PUMP HAVING ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED FLUID FLOW CONTROL MEANS.