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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:
Sep. 03, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas A Radomski, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
310181 ; 310263 ; 310218 ;
Abstract
An automotive alternator has a rotor including a first single coil Lundell portion and a second permanent magnet portion. Permanent magnet poles are axially aligned in spaced adjacency with the fingers of the magnetic members of the Lundell portion of the machine. The current through the field coil of the Lundell portion is controllable in magnitude and direction to control the output of the machine.