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Alternator with magnetic noise reduction mechanism

US5691590A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 6, 1995
Grant dateNov 25, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 6, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K5/24
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an alternator for a vehicle having a field coil for generating rotating magnetic field and stator coils for generating alternating current voltages in response to the rotating magnetic field, the stator coils are grouped and wound in a dual winding system. In order to reduce magnetic noise, a first group of coils are provided in contact with a stator core and the second group coils. The first and second group of coils are shifted from each other by .pi./3 radian in electrical angle.

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