Hitachi, Ltd.

Masami Takano

Susumu Tajima

Susumu Sasaki

Shinji Yamazaki

Hiroshi Kanazawa

Hideaki Mori

Susumu Terumoto

Keizou Kawamura

Wasei Horioka

Yuzo Kadomukai

Osamu Suzuki

Toshiyuki Innami

Kazuo Tahara

Kenichiro Matsubara

Masahiro Mita

Shin Onose

Yoshiaki Honda

Mitsuaki Izumi

Toru Inaba

The invention concerns with connection of a lead from an electrical component of an alternator for a vehicle, and provides a terminal shape suitable for TIG welding (arc welding using a gas shielded non-consumable electrode) without being affected by dimensional accuracy of terminals to be connected to each other. Cross-shaped projections having a larger volume than a welded region of the terminal is provided near the welded region, and weld penetration (welding depth) is controlled based on a difference in heat capacity resulting from the volume difference, or melting is suppressed with promotion of heat radiation. Thus, the welding depth is stabilized without being affected by dimensional accuracy of the terminals including relative positions between them, and an alternator for a vehicle can be provided in which a lead from an electrical component has high connection reliability.

Weld joining portion of a vehicle alternator

An automotive alternator comprises: a stator provided with a stator coil; a rotor supported for rotation in the stator to apply an alternative magnetic field to the stator; a regulator for regulating output; a rectifier for rectifying generated current; a plurality of housings holding the stator and the rotor; and a coolant path through which a coolant flows through at least one of the plurality of housings to transfer heat generated in the stator coil outside the automotive alternator. Fastening devices formed of a material having good heat conductance fasten the regulator and a heatsink for the regulator together to the housing at a position apart from the housing to transfer heat generated by the regulator to the housing. Thus, the automotive alternator can maintain a stable cooling ability in a hot atmosphere for a long time.

Alternator for vehicle

An alternator for use in an automobile includes brackets for supporting a rotation shaft at both sides of a rotor, being thermally connected to a stator for supporting the stator, while one side of the rotor is closed by a bracket. A cooling water passage is provided in the bracket, a cooling fan is provided on the closed side of the rotor, and a cooling fin provided opposing to the cooling fan and in vicinity of the cooling water passage, thereby enabling cool down of the stator and the rotor, effectively, with low noises, and thereby obtaining a high power output.

Alternator for use in a vehicle

An alternator for vehicles, provided with a stator, a rotor, a rectifier and a voltage regulator, and comprising turbulent flow generating members provided on heat transfer surfaces, through which heat generated from a field coil is transferred to a side of a bracket from a rotor, to generate convection of an air and turbulence of flow on downstream regions of recesses and projections, whereby a heat transfer performance from the rotor to the bracket is enhanced with a rotational frequency of the rotor.

Alternator for vehicles

In an AC generator for a vehicle, a housing is formed at one end thereof with an end plate portion, a plurality of axial cooling liquid passages are provided in a body portion of the housing, and a circumferential cooling liquid passage and a radial cooling liquid passage each connecting the axial cooling liquid passages adjacent to each other are provided in an axial end face of the housing and the end plate portion, respectively.

AC generator for vehicle

A rotor 2 comprises of a pair of claw shape magnetic poles 3N and 3S and plural permanent magnets 5. The permanent magnet 5 is arranged between claw portions of the claw shape magnetic poles 3N and 3S. A permanent magnet fly-out prevention member 61 is arranged at an outer periphery of the claw shape magnetic poles 3N and 3S and prevents the fly-out of the permanent magnet 5 when the rotor 2 rotates. A permanent magnet holding member 62 holds the permanent magnet 5 from an inner periphery side. In a construction in which the permanent magnet fly-out prevention member 61 is arranged between the claw portions of the claw shape magnetic poles 3N and 3S, the working operation for arranging the permanent magnet 5 between the claw portions of the claw shape magnetic poles 3N and 3S can be improved, thereby a vehicle use AC generator having an improved electric power generation efficiency can be provided.

Alternating current generator for use in vehicle

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Hitachinaka, Japan

Masami Takano