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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:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
May. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 1/100 ;
Abstract
An AC generator for a vehicle includes a plurality of output lead wires having a generally rectangular cross-section with longer sides being parallel to a radial direction of the rotor and a rectifier unit having a pair of positive and negative metal heat sinks with a plurality of pairs of a positive rectifier element welded to the heat sinks and a terminal member. The terminal member has a plurality of metal terminals for connecting the rectifier elements so as to provide a structure for provisionally holding the rectifier unit only by the lead wires.