Patent · US Expired

Automotive-type voltage regulator and support assembly structure

US4363983A · kind A · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Manfred Frister · Schwieberdingen, DE
Stefan Renner · Leonberg, DE
Friedhelm Meyer · Mühlacker, DE
Klaus H. Christ · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 9, 1980
Grant date	Dec 14, 1982
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 9, 2000

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH02K19/36
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

To facilitate assembly under mass production conditions, and to permit efficient cooling, a voltage regulator structure secured within a power transistor housing of the TO-5 shape as attached to a carrier plate which is narrower than the diameter of the housing, with a cooling sheet metal element interposed, bent over the carrier plate to be positioned within the cooling air stream of the automotive alternator, a carrier plate being preferably integral with the brush holder for the field current slip rings of the alternator. The brush holder-carrier plate combination is formed with attachment eyes on the carrier plate laterally of the voltage regulator, to attach the entire unit into an alternator and provide rugged and secure connection of the entire assembly to the remainder of the alternator structure.

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