Voltage regulator with rc-control

Claim 1

IN A REGULATOR FOR LOW-VOLTAGE SHUNT-EXCITED GENERATORS OPERATED AT GREATLY VARYING SPEEDS, PARTICULARLY FOR VEHICLE LIGHTINING GENERATORS, IN COMBINATIONS, VOLTAGE DIVIDER MEANS CONNECTED ACROSS THE OUTPUT TERMINALS OF THE GENERATOR; CONTROL TRANSISTOR MEANS CONNECTED AT ITS BASE WITH AN INTERMEDIATE TAPPING POINT OF SAID VOLTAGE DIVIDER MEANS FOR APPLYING TO SAID BASE OF SAID CONTROL TRANSISTOR A PREDETERINED PORTION OF THE GENERATOR OUTPUT VOLTAGE; AT LEAST ONE SECOND TRANSISTOR MEANS HAVING ITS BASE CONNECTED WITH THE COLLECTOR OF SAID CONTROL TRANSISTOR MEANS FOR BEING CONTROLLED THEREBY, AND BEING IN CIRCUIT WITH THE GENERATOR FOR CONTROLLING THE OUTPUT VOLTAGE OF THE LATTER; RESISTOR MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID COLLECTOR OF SAID CONTROL TRANSISTOR MEANS AND ONE OF THE OUTPUT TERMINALS OF THE GENERATOR; AND A PARALLELCOMBINATION INCLUDING A CAPACITOR MEANS AND A SERIESCOMBINATION OF A SECOND RESISTOR MEANS AND A RECTIFIER MEANS BEING CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID BASE OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR MEANS AND SAID COLLECTOR OF SAID CONTROL TRANSISTOR MEANS, SAID RECTIFIER MEANS BEING ARRANGED TO PERMIT CURRENT FLOW FROM SAID BASE OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR MEANS THROUGH SAID SECOND RESISTOR MEANS.