US5130593A
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Inductor alternators
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1990-09-26
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Granted: 1992-07-14
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Expires: 2010-09-26
Abstract
Abstract Traditional alternators, that is those non-inductor alternators employed in machines such as automobiles, provide either moving conductors which cut through a stationary magnetic field, or a moving magnetic field which passes over stationary conductors. In conventional inductor alternators, neither the field nor armature rotate. An electromotive force is induced in the output windings by periodic changes in the local reluctance of the magnetic circuit carrying the magnetic flux. The reluctance is governed by the shape of the rotor relative to the stator. By the elimination of the stator housing and of the rotor encompassing stator, this invention provides for the use, as inductor alternator rotors, of components which previously could not function as rotors.
Inventors
- 👤 James J. Connell
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 22:19
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02K; H02K19/00; H02K19/16; H02K19/18; H02K19/20
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
189 words
An inductor alternator for generating power where the environment militates against existing alternators having rotors encased within their stators comprising (a) a rotor of large radius relative to corresponding existing encased rotors but having a correspondingly higher peripheral speed for a given rotational speed, the rotor having a plurality of spaced rotor teeth which on rotor rotation inscribe a circle or annulus, (b) a stator facing only a sector of the rotor rather than enclosing said rotor, the stator being in the form of a segment disposed adjacent the rotor, engaging at any one time only an arc of said inscribed circle or annulus, (c) stationary field coils so disposed within the stator to produce a magnetic flux forming a magnetic circuit through said stator segment and rotor, with the main flux path passing through the rotor teeth in said arc of the inscribed circle or annulus, and (d) output windings disposed within the stator near a stator face where flux density changes are greatest, the output windings being adapted to carry out current induced therein by flux variations resulting from movement of the rotor teeth through the stator.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
189 words
An inductor alternator for generating power where the environment militates against existing alternators having rotors encased within their stators comprising (a) a rotor of large radius relative to corresponding existing encased rotors but having a correspondingly higher peripheral speed for a given rotational speed, the rotor having a plurality of spaced rotor teeth which on rotor rotation inscribe a circle or annulus, (b) a stator facing only a sector of the rotor rather than enclosing said rotor, the stator being in the form of a segment disposed adjacent the rotor, engaging at any one time only an arc of said inscribed circle or annulus, (c) stationary field coils so disposed within the stator to produce a magnetic flux forming a magnetic circuit through said stator segment and rotor, with the main flux path passing through the rotor teeth in said arc of the inscribed circle or annulus, and (d) output windings disposed within the stator near a stator face where flux density changes are greatest, the output windings being adapted to carry out current induced therein by flux variations resulting from movement of the rotor teeth through the stator.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The inductor alternator of claim 1 wherein an additional stator engages an arc of said inscribed circle.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The inductor alternator of claim 1 wherein the field coils are adapted to produce a homopolar magnetic circuit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The inductor alternator of claim 1 wherein the field coils are adapted to produce a heteropolar magnetic circuit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The inductor alternator of claim 1 wherein the rotor is also in a machine component.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
The inductor alternator of claim 1 wherein the rotor disc, other than the toothed periphery, is a non-magnetic material, and the toothed periphery is a magnetic material.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
45 words
The inductor alternator of claim 1 wherein the size of the stator segment is correlated with the rotor peripheral speed, flux path reluctance, field winding turns and current to engage a number of rotor teeth determined to produce a required induced electromotive force and current.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
The inductor alternator of claim 1 wherein the machine component becoming the rotor is directly linked to a drive shaft of its driving machine, eliminating a separate alternator, alternator drive means and accompanying bearings, belts and gears.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
12 words
The inductor alternator of claim 8 wherein the rotor is a flywheel.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
13 words
The inductor alternator of claim 8 wherein the rotor is a gear wheel.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
The inductor alternator of claim 8 wherein the rotor is a turbine engine rotor.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
15 words
The inductor alternator of claim 8 wherein the rotor is a brake disk or drum.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
12 words
The inductor alternator of claim 8 wherein the rotor is a wheel.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
13 words
The inductor alternator of claim 8 wherein the rotor is a clutch component.
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