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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2008
Applicants:
Brian D. Conway, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Patrick A. O'gorman, Grayslake, IL (US);
Dennis L. Stephens, Barrington, IL (US);
Inventors:
Brian D. Conway, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Patrick A. O'Gorman, Grayslake, IL (US);
Dennis L. Stephens, Barrington, IL (US);
Assignee:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and systems for minimizing power loss in generator are disclosed, including providing one or more operating parameters for a generator, and determining an optimal field power and an optimal phase angle, where the optimal field power and the optimal phase angle substantially minimize a power loss in operating the generator at the one or more operating parameters.