Charging generator and voltage regulator therefor
First Claim
1. A charging generator comprising:
- an a.c. generator having armature windings and a field winding for generating an alternating current;
a rectifier for rectifying said alternating current output from said armature windings to produce a direct current in a rectifying circuit thereof including a plurality of rectifying elements each having an intrinsic characteristic of breakdown voltage Vz(V); and
a voltage regulator including current inhibit means connected to receive said direct current output from said rectifier via said field winding for inhibiting a field current which flows through said field winding;
voltage detection means for detecting a d.c. voltage of said direct current output from said rectifier; and
protective control means for controlling said current inhibit means in accordance with a judgment of which value is larger between a value of said detected voltage and a predetermined protection cut off voltage VB(V) thereby to inhibit said field current such that said d.c. voltage is regulated at or below said protection cut off voltage VB(V), wherein a relationship exists between said breakdown voltage Vz(V) and said protection cut off voltage VB(V) such that Vz>
VB.
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Abstract
The object of the invention is to provide a charging generator 1 which can avoid occurrence of overvoltage due to failure of equipment, which comprises: an a.c. generator 10 having armature windings 10a, 10b, 10c and a field winding 10d for generating an a.c.; a rectifier 11 having a plurality of power zener diodes 11a-11f having an intrinsic breakdown voltage Vz for converting the a.c. output from the armature windings to a d.c.; a current inhibit means which receives the d.c. output from the rectifier via field winding 10d and inhibits a field current which flows through the field winding; a voltage detection means for detecting a voltage of the d.c. output from the rectifier; and a voltage regulator 13, which includes a protection control means for controlling the current inhibit means in accordance with a result of judgment which is larger between a detected value of the d.c. voltage and a predetermined protection cut-off voltage VB, for regulating the d.c. voltage in the vicinity of the protection cut-off voltage VB by inhibiting the field current, and wherein the relationship between breakdown voltage Vz and protection cut-off voltage is set Vz>VB.
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5 Claims
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1. A charging generator comprising:
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an a.c. generator having armature windings and a field winding for generating an alternating current; a rectifier for rectifying said alternating current output from said armature windings to produce a direct current in a rectifying circuit thereof including a plurality of rectifying elements each having an intrinsic characteristic of breakdown voltage Vz(V); and a voltage regulator including current inhibit means connected to receive said direct current output from said rectifier via said field winding for inhibiting a field current which flows through said field winding;
voltage detection means for detecting a d.c. voltage of said direct current output from said rectifier; and
protective control means for controlling said current inhibit means in accordance with a judgment of which value is larger between a value of said detected voltage and a predetermined protection cut off voltage VB(V) thereby to inhibit said field current such that said d.c. voltage is regulated at or below said protection cut off voltage VB(V), wherein a relationship exists between said breakdown voltage Vz(V) and said protection cut off voltage VB(V) such that Vz>
VB. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5)
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4. A voltage regulator for use with a charging generator having armature windings and a field winding to generate an alternating current, comprising:
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field current input means for inputting a field current which flows through said field winding, said field current being a d.c. current which has been converted in a rectifier having a plurality of rectifying elements each having an intrinsic characteristic of breakdown voltage Vz (V); current inhibit means for inhibiting said field current input from said field current input means; a voltage detection means for detecting a voltage of said d.c. output from said rectifier; and a protective control means for controlling said current inhibit means on the basis of a judgment of which value is larger between a detected value of the voltage detected by said voltage detection means and a predetermined protection cut off voltage VB (V), thereby said field current is inhibited such that said d.c. voltage converted in said rectifier is regulated at or smaller than said protection cut off voltage VB (V), and wherein said protection cut off voltage VB (V) is maintained relative to said breakdown voltage Vz(V) in a relationship such that Vz>
VB.
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