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Alternating current generator for vehicle
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1987-09-30
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Granted: 1992-03-24
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Expires: 2007-09-30
Abstract
Abstract An alternating current generator for vehicles in which the exciting current flowing in the field winding (2) is detected and the current thus detected is suppressed not to exceed the maximum exciting current under the hot condition by the field current limiting circuit (5) for aiming at eliminating the generation of the maximum output under the cold condition to reduce the size of a pulley to result in a reduced vehicle weight and preventing the variation of the maximum output characteristic under the hot condition.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshiyuki Iwaki
- 👤 Kazutoshi Kaneyuki
- 👤 Shiro Iwatani
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 09:16
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02J; H02J7/00; H02J7/60; H02J7/64; H02J7/14; H02J7/16; H02J7/24; H02J7/243; H02J7/80
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
156 words
An alternating current generator for vehicles comprising a field winding, a three-phase output winding for generating an output in response to the exciting current in said field winding, a rectifying circuit for converting the three-phase output of said three-phase output winding into a direct current, a battery to be charged by the output of said rectifying circuit, a voltage regulating circuit for controlling the output voltage of said rectifying circuit to a predetermined value by intermittently controlling the exciting current in said field winding, an indicating lamp connected between said voltage regulating circuit and said battery for indicating the generating or non-generating states of said generator, a field current limiting circuit fed with operating power through said indicating lamp for suppressing the exciting current in said field winding to less than a predetermined value and an external switch connected to said field current limiting circuit for selectively inhibiting the operation of said field current limiting circuit.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
156 words
An alternating current generator for vehicles comprising a field winding, a three-phase output winding for generating an output in response to the exciting current in said field winding, a rectifying circuit for converting the three-phase output of said three-phase output winding into a direct current, a battery to be charged by the output of said rectifying circuit, a voltage regulating circuit for controlling the output voltage of said rectifying circuit to a predetermined value by intermittently controlling the exciting current in said field winding, an indicating lamp connected between said voltage regulating circuit and said battery for indicating the generating or non-generating states of said generator, a field current limiting circuit fed with operating power through said indicating lamp for suppressing the exciting current in said field winding to less than a predetermined value and an external switch connected to said field current limiting circuit for selectively inhibiting the operation of said field current limiting circuit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
An alternating current generator as set forth in claim 1, wherein one end of said external switch is connected to the node of said indicating lamp and said field current limiting circuit and the other end thereof is connected ground.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
An alternating current generator as set forth in claim 1, wherein said external switch is connected between said indicating lamp and said field current limiting circuit in series.
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