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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1994
Steven John Yockey, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An alternator and method of forming an alternator with a rectifier internal to the alternator housing are disclosed in which a plurality of positive diodes and negative diodes each has a anode electrode and a cathode electrode. The stator of the alternator has a plurality of stator windings, each winding having a first end and a second end. The rectifier bridge member has electrically conductive circuit traces each having a plurality of substantially coplanar solder pads adapted to receive either an anode electrode of a respective positive diode, a cathode electrode of a respective negative diode or a first or second end of a respective stator winding. The rectifier bridge member also has an electrically conductive plate for electrically interconnecting the cathodes of the positive diodes. A housing for enclosing one end of the alternator has an interior and exterior portion. The interior portion is adapted to receive the rectifier bridge member so that a generally planar surface is formed with the rectifier bridge member and the housing. The housing also has a seat extending axially from the housing for mountably receiving the anodes of the negative diodes.