Rectifier assembly of a motor vehicle alternator with a thermal dissipator
US5892308A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 30, 1997 |
| Grant date | Apr 6, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02K11/05
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An alternator for a motor vehicle has a rectifier bridge with positive diodes which are received in holes formed in a thermally conductive sector, which is fixed to an end plate of the alternator casing and which constitutes a thermal dissipator for the rectifier bridge. The rectifier bridge further includes a second sector of thermally conductive material, which is fixed to the first sector over the holes in the latter in which the positive diodes are received.
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