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Rectifier device for three-phase generators in vehicles

US5331231A · kind A · utility

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6References
9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 5, 1992
Grant dateJul 19, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 5, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The rectifier device has a metallic front cooling plate and a rear cooling plate spaced from each other and extending parallel to each other; positive diodes arranged on one cooling plate and negative diodes arranged on the other cooling plate; a printed circuit board made of insulating material fastened between the cooling plates and having conductors for connecting the diodes with each other and also with a three-phrase generator; electrical connection device for making electrical connection with the front cooling plate comprising a threaded bolt having a flange, an annular shoulder and an axial pin projecting into an opening of the rear cooling plate, the threaded bolt being pressed in a hole in the front cooling plate and the flange and shoulder being dimensioned so that the annular shoulder contacts on a rear side of the front cooling plate, and a nut screwed on the threaded bolt from a front side of the front cooling plate to secure the threaded bolt in the hole; and an insulating material bush received in the opening for electrically insulating the threaded bolt from the rear cooling plate.

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