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AC generator for motor vehicles

US6121699A · kind A · utility

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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 18, 1998
Grant dateSep 19, 2000
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Expiry dateNov 18, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle AC generator including a rectifier in which a direct-fitting surface of a negative-polarity side cooling plate is brought closely into contact with a casing direct-fitting surface of a rear bracket and is fixedly tightened with a fitting screw with respect thereto. In addition, a silicone sheet is interposed between the cooling plate and the rear bracket in a state of being located within an intervening member accommodating groove made in the direct-fitting surface of the cooling plate so as to cover an area lying light under a diode except the peripheral bearing surface of the fitting screw. This construction forms an electric conducting portion at which the direct-fitting portion of the cooling plate and the casing direct-fitting surface directly come into contact with each other and further forms a thermal conducting portion at which the direct-fitting surface of the cooling plate and the casing direct-fitting surface come into contact with each other in a state where the silicone sheet is interposed therebetween.

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