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Battery charging system for road vehicles

  • US 4,156,836 A
  • Filed: 12/14/1977
  • Issued: 05/29/1979
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/1976
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A battery charging system for a road vehicle comprising in combination a pair of alternators each having a rectifier and an associated field winding, a pair of voltage regulators controlling the field current of each alternator in accordance with the voltage at the output of the associated rectifier, each voltage regulator including a voltage sensing circuit connected across the rectifier output and an oscillatory switching circuit arranged to oscillate between conductive and non-conductive states when the voltage across the voltage sensing circuit exceeds a predetermined value, the field winding of the associated alternator being connected to be controlled by said switching circuit, and cross coupling means connecting the switching circuit of each voltage regulator to the voltage sensing circuit of the other regulator, so that oscillatory switching of one switching circuit causes oscillatory switching of the other switching circuit.

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