The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1994
Thomas S Latos, Huntley, IL (US);
Michael R Hernden, Rockford, IL (US);
Sundstrand Corporation, Rockford, IL (US);
Abstract
An electric power starter/generator, for converting electrical energy from a remote dc electrical power source to mechanical energy to start a turbine engine in the start mode, and for converting mechanical energy from the turbine engine to electrical energy to power utilization equipment in the generate mode, comprises a shaft for transferring rotational mechanical energy between the electric power starter/generator and the turbine engine, a permanent magnet synchronous machine having a rotor driveably coupled to the shaft and a stator. The permanent magnet synchronous machine produces polyphase ac electric power when driven as a generator, and rotational mechanical energy when driven as a motor. A bidirectional ac-dc power converter having a dc and an ac input/output produces variable frequency polyphase ac excitation from the dc electrical energy at the dc input/output to drive the permanent magnet synchronous machine as a brushless dc motor to generate rotational mechanical energy to start the turbine engine during the start mode. The power converter alternately produces dc electrical energy from the polyphase ac electrical energy generated by the permanent magnet synchronous machine when driven by the turbine engine during the generate mode.