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AC generator for vehicles

US6124660A · kind A · utility

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20References
11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 26, 1998
Grant dateSep 26, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 26, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K7/1008
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An AC generator for vehicles includes a field rotor, a stator disposed around said field rotor and a frame for supporting the rotor and the stator. The stator has a laminated core having a plurality of slots, aluminum conductors housed in the slots, and an electric insulator. The aluminum conductor is constituted by in-slot portion and a crossover portion for connecting an in-slot portion in one slot to another in-slot portion in a different slot to provide a winding as a whole. The frame is provided with a plurality of windows substantially in a whole periphery thereof at portions encircling the crossover portions and substantially in an outer diametrical direction opposite to the crossover portions.

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