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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:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael J French, Kenosha, WI (US);
Assignee:
Outboard Marine Corporation, Waukegan, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
322 90 ; 322 94 ; 322 95 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling AC power from the stator of an alternator in which groups of windings have various numbers of turns and various numbers of poles per winding can be connected in series to achieve optimum power generation at one RPM and in parallel to achieve optimum power generation at another RPM.