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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. 02, 1997
Filed:
May. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Michael Evans, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Roy David Schultz, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K / ; H02K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
310181 ; 310156 ; 310179 ; 310180 ; 310261 ; 310269 ; 310263 ; 310187 ;
Abstract
In several embodiments of the present invention, an alternator is disclosed. The alternator includes a rotor having both wound-field and permanent magnet poles. The wound-field and permanent magnet poles are disposed about the circumference of the rotor.