Voltage regulator for generators

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A POWER SOURCE HAVING A CONTROL WINDING FOR CONTROLLING THE VOLTAGE OUTPUT OF SAID SOURCE AS A FUNCTION OF CURRENT FLOW THERETHROUGH, A D.C. LOAD CIRCUIT INCLUDING A PAIR OF CONDUCTORS CONNECTED TO BE ENERGIZED BY SAID POWER SOURCE, A TRANSISTOR, MEANS CONNECTING SAID TRANSISTOR AND CONTROL WINDING IN SERIES CIRCUIT RELATIONSHIP ACROSS SAID CONDUCTORS WHEREBY THE CONDUCTION OF SAID TRANSISTOR CONTROLS THE CURRENT FLOW THROUGH THE CONTROL WINDING AND THE VOLTAGE OUTPUT OF SAID SOURCE, A VOLTAGE SENSING CIRCUIT CONNECTED WITH SAID TRANSISTOR FOR CONTROLLING THE CONDUCTION THEREOF, MEANS FOR DERIVING A CONTROL VOLTAGE THAT IS PROPORTIONAL TO THE VOLTAGE APPEARING ACROSS SAID LEADS, MEANS FOR APPLYING SAID CONTROL VOLTAGE TO SAID SENSING CIRCUIT, MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID TRANSISTOR TO EITHER A FULLY CONDUCTIVE OR FULLY NON-CONDUCTIVE STATE, A CIRCUIT ELEMENT CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH THE COLLECTOR-EMITTER CIRCUIT OF SAID TRANSISTOR FOR DEVELOPING A TRIGGERING VOLTAGE THAT IS PROPORTIONAL TO CURRENT FLOW THROUGH THE COLLECTOR-EMITTER CIRCUIT OF SAID TRANSISTOR AND CONTROL WINDING, AND MEANS CONNECTING SAID CIRCUIT ELEMENT AND SAID SENSING CIRCUIT SUCH THAT SAID CONTROL VOLTAGE APPLIED TO SAID SENSING CIRCUIT FROM SAID CONDUCTORS IS REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF SAID TRIGGERING VOLTAGE DEVELOPED ACROSS SAID CIRCUIT ELEMENT.