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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Moteurs Leroy-Somer, Angouleme, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 7/06 ; H02P 1/100 ; H02P 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 7/06 ; H02P 1/100 ; H02P 9/00 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a device for producing electricity intended in particular to be stowed on board a vehicle or a container, including a three-phase alternator able to be driven in rotation at a variable speed by a thermal engine, a rectifier for generating a rectified current form the current delivered by the alternator and a voltage-booster chopper using the self-inductance of the alternator to step up the voltage. The alternator includes six or eight poles and operates with a switching frequency of preferably between 3 and 15 kHz.