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Alternator with interpolar magnets for a motor vehicle

US6486585B1 · kind B1 · utility

12Cited by
5References
15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 1, 2000
Grant dateNov 26, 2002
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Expiry dateMay 1, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K15/03
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The vehicle alternator comprises a rotor (2) having interleaved polar horns (18), at least one of the horns having, facing towards another one of the horns, a side face (20) formed with a profiled groove (22). The groove has one longitudinal end (30) which is blind in a longitudinal direction of the groove.

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