The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 01, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2004
Applicant:
Hanyang Ben Chen, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Inventor:
Hanyang Ben Chen, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Van Buren Township, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H20P 9/00 (2006.01); H01L 29/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An alternator for a motor vehicle includes a current generation device and a rectifier. The current generation device has multiple phase stator windings in which AC currents are generated. The rectifier is connected to the windings of the current generation device. The rectifier includes multiple sets of first and second diodes for the multiple phase windings. At least one of the first and second diodes of each set is a Schottky diode. A voltage clamping device is connected to the rectifier to protect the Schottky diodes from surge reverse voltage.