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Apparatus for controlling generator for vehicle
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1986-05-27
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Granted: 1987-07-14
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Expires: 2006-05-27
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for controlling a generator for a vehicle for limiting the output current of the generator by controlling the field current of the generator having an operating state detector for detecting the operating state of the vehicle, a reference clock generator, a modulator for modulating the reference clock pulses for generating reference clock pulses in response to the output of the operating state detector to sequentially vary the field current.
Inventors
- 👤 Keiichi Komurasaki
- 👤 Shiro Iwatani
- 👤 Shinji Nishimura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 17:13
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02J; H02J7/00; H02J7/14; H02J7/1446; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/80; Y02T10/92
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
161 words
A control apparatus for a vehicle generator having an output voltage connected to a battery, said apparatus controlling the output voltage of the generator by controlling the field winding current of the generator comprising: an operating state detector for detecting an operating state of said vehicle and for generating an output signal representative thereof, a reference clock generator for producing reference clock pulses, regulator means connected to the field winding for varying the field current and controlling the output voltage of said vehicle generator to a predetermined regulated value in accordance with modulated reference clock pulses, and a modulator means operated responsive to an output signal from said operating state detector for gradually changing the width of the reference clock pulses upon the occurrence of said operating state for gradually varying the field current to gradually reduce the output voltage of the generator connected to the battery over a predetermined period after the occurrence of the operating state of said vehicle.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
161 words
A control apparatus for a vehicle generator having an output voltage connected to a battery, said apparatus controlling the output voltage of the generator by controlling the field winding current of the generator comprising: an operating state detector for detecting an operating state of said vehicle and for generating an output signal representative thereof, a reference clock generator for producing reference clock pulses, regulator means connected to the field winding for varying the field current and controlling the output voltage of said vehicle generator to a predetermined regulated value in accordance with modulated reference clock pulses, and a modulator means operated responsive to an output signal from said operating state detector for gradually changing the width of the reference clock pulses upon the occurrence of said operating state for gradually varying the field current to gradually reduce the output voltage of the generator connected to the battery over a predetermined period after the occurrence of the operating state of said vehicle.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
57 words
An apparatus for controlling a generator for a vehicle according to claim 1 wherein said regulator means comprises a voltage regulator for the generator having a switching transistor connected to the field winding wherein pulse-width-modulated reference clock pulses are supplied directly to the switching transistor, which interrupts the field current in accordance with the changing pulse widths.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
53 words
An apparatus for controlling a generator for a vehicle according to claim 1 wherein said modulator means modulates the reference clock pulses for a period after the termination of the operating state detected by said detector to gradually increase the output of the generator over a second predetermined time period after the termination.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
60 words
An apparatus for controlling a generator for a vehicle according to claim 3 wherein said modulator means produces pulse-width-modulated reference clock pulses having gradually varying pulse widths for the predetermined period after the occurrence of the operating state and for the second predetermined period after the termination of the operating state of said vehicle is detected by said detector means.
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