Patent · US Expired

Alternator including adaptors for rectifier bridge diodes, in particular for a motor vehicle, and an adaptor for such an alternator

US5982062A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 2, 1996
Grant dateNov 9, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 2, 2016

Classification

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

Abstract

The invention provides an alternator for motor vehicles, in particular having a dissipator with one or more orifices designed to receive one or more press-fit diodes. An adaptor generally in the form of a disk has an outline enabling it to be engaged as a press-fit in a respective orifice of the dissipator. The adaptor has at least one plane face enabling a solder-mounting diode to be soldered thereto. The invention also includes the adaptor itself.

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