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Converter for electrical machines

  • US 20040021376A1
  • Filed: 06/02/2003
  • Published: 02/05/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A converter for electric machines, in particular for starters or starter-generators in motor vehicles, in which the converter comprises a plurality of bridge circuits (1, 2, 3, . . . , n) connected to phase windings (4, 5, 6, 7) of the machine, of which circuits each has a plurality of electrically controllable switches (11, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32, . . . , n, n2) and one buffer memory, embodied as a capacitor (15), characterized in that a foil capacitor (15) surrounding the machine (9) is present, to whose electrodes (16, 17) the bridge circuits (1, 2, 3, . . . , n) are connected, distributed over the circumference of the machine (9).

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