Flywheel electrical generator

Claim 2

An electrical generator for supplying electrical current to an output, comprising: a first member including a plurality of poles for producing at least one magnetic field; a second member having a ''''double'''' configuration of laminar metal rotatably mounted with reference to said first member and essentially defining five interconnected poles in magnetic circuits with said first member; a plurality of coils mounted on said poles of said second member, each of said coils incLuding first and second windings; and connection means including rectifier means connecting each of said first and second windings for opposed current flow to said output.

Claim 3

An electrical generator according to claim 1 wherein said windings in each of said coils are in a parallel relationship and wherein said connection means includes means for interconnecting the opposed ends of said windings at a junction point.

Claim 4

An electrical generator according to claim 2 wherein said connection means includes a rectifier for each of said windings connected between one end of each winding and a common terminal.

Claim 5

An electrical generator according to claim 1 wherein the ratio between the height of a pole defined by said second number in relation to the thickness of the magnetic circuit from said pole to said first member is approximately 1.5.

Claim 6

A stator for a power-generating unit for an internal-combustion engine having a flywheel with a plurality of permanent magnets in the outer periphery thereof, comprising: means defining a magnetic flux path having a plurality of salient poles and adapted to be mounted adjacent to the flywheel and including a laminated core having a curved base portion and first, second, third, fourth and fifth salient poles in series relationship along the base portion, said poles being integral with the base portion and extending therefrom proximate to an arc which is of a shape complimentary with the outer periphery of the engine flywheel; a plurality of winding pairs, each pair being wound about a different salient pole; and means for rectifying the current in the windings of each pair in first and opposite senses, and means for connecting each winding in a parallel circuit with uniform rectification.

Claim 7

A stator for a power-generating unit for an internal-combustion engine having a flywheel with a plurality of permanent magnets in the outer periphery thereof, comprising: means defining a magnetic flux path having a plurality of salient poles and adapted to be mounted adjacent to the flywheel and including a laminated core having a curved base portion and first, second, third, fourth and fifth salient poles in series relationship along the base portion, said poles being integral with the base portion and extending therefrom proximate to an arc which is of a shape complimentary with the outer periphery of the engine flywheel; a plurality of winding pairs, each pair being wound about a different salient pole; and means for rectifying the current in the windings of each pair in first and opposite senses, and means for connecting each winding in a parallel circuit with uniform rectification.