Detachable semiconductor rectifier unit for alternating current generator

Claim 1

ALTERNATING CURRENT GENERATOR PROVIDED WITH A THREE PHASE BRIDGE RECTIFIER UNIT COMPRISING A FIRST PLURALITY OF SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES AND A SECOND SIMILAR PLURALITY OF SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO FORM ASSOCIATED DIODE PAIRS, EACH DIODE PAIR HAVING THEIR INPUTS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO THEIR RESPECTIVE GENERATOR PHASE WINDING, RESPECTIVELY, AND THEIR OUTPUTS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED IN PARALLEL CIRCUIT RELATIONSHIP, WHEREIN THE GENERATOR COMPRISING A TUBULAR CASING HAVING IN ONE END THEREOF A SEAT, THE RECTIFIER UNIT COMPRISES AN ANNULAR CASING FORMED AT ONE END WITH A SEAT COMPLEMENTARY TO THE FIRST MENTIONED SEAT, FIXING MEANS FOR DETACHABLY ATTACHING SAID RECTIFIER CASING IN SAID SEAT IN THE REGENERATOR CASING, SAID RECTIFIER CASING COMPRISING A PLURAITY OF SEPARATE ELECTRICCALLY CONDUCTIVE PLATES SECURED TO SAID CASING AND ELECTRICALLY INSULATED THEREFROM, EACH PLATE SUPPORTING ONE DIODE OF THE FIRST PLURALITY HAVING ITS ANODE CONNECTED THERETO AND ITS CATHODE CONNECTED TO THE CASING, AND ONE DIODE OF THE SECOND PLURALITY HAVING ITS CATHODE CONNECTED THERETO AND ITS ANODE CONNECTED TO A COMMON TERMINAL POST INSULATED FROM SAID CASING END PLATES, AND DETACHABLE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EACH GENERATORS WINDING AND ITS RESPECTIVE PAIR OF ASSOCIATED DIODES.