Alternator assembly
First Claim
1. An electric current generation device, said device comprising:
- a rotatable rotor including a plurality of magnets arranged in an equiangularly spaced relationship and in alternating polarity so that said magnets establish a magnetic field proximate said rotor; and
a stator including at least two sets of coils electrically in parallel with each other and disposed with respect to said rotor so that rotation of said rotor moves said magnetic field with respect to the coils of said coil sets to generate electric current flow in said coil sets,wherein at least one said coil in each said coil set is disposed with respect to said magnetic field so that it is electrically out of phase with other said coils in said coil set.
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Abstract
An electric current generation device includes a rotatable rotor including a magnet assembly establishing a magnetic field proximate the rotor. A stator includes at least one set of coils disposed with respect to the rotor so that rotation of the rotor moves the magnetic field with respect to the coils of the coil set to generate electric current flow in the coil set. The coil set includes an impedance component in communication with the electric current flow to limit the rate of increase of electric current flow generated by the coil set as the rotational speed of the rotor increases. The winding direction of at least one coil with respect to the magnetic field may be opposite the winding direction of the other coils with respect to the magnetic field. Two coil sets may be provided wherein the coils of a first coil set are wound so that the output of the first coil set is out of phase with respect of the output of a second coil set. A rectifier mechanism in operative communication with the first coil set and the second coil set rectifies and combines the output of the first coil set and the output of the second coil set.
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40 Claims
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1. An electric current generation device, said device comprising:
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a rotatable rotor including a plurality of magnets arranged in an equiangularly spaced relationship and in alternating polarity so that said magnets establish a magnetic field proximate said rotor; and a stator including at least two sets of coils electrically in parallel with each other and disposed with respect to said rotor so that rotation of said rotor moves said magnetic field with respect to the coils of said coil sets to generate electric current flow in said coil sets, wherein at least one said coil in each said coil set is disposed with respect to said magnetic field so that it is electrically out of phase with other said coils in said coil set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An electric current generation device, said device comprising:
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a rotatable rotor including a magnet assembly establishing a magnetic field proximate said rotor; and a stator including a plurality of poles extending into said magnetic field and a set of coils electrically connected in series, each coil of said coil set being wound about a respective said pole so that rotation of said rotor moves said magnetic field with respect to said coil set to generate electric current flow in said coil set, wherein the winding direction of at least one said coil with respect to said magnetic field is opposite the winding direction of the other said coils with respect to said magnetic field, and wherein one end of said coil set is electrically grounded through said stator.
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13. An electric current generation device, said device comprising:
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a rotatable rotor including a plurality of magnets arranged in alternating polarity so that said magnets establish a magnetic field proximate said rotor; and a stator including a plurality of poles extending into said magnetic field and two sets of coils electrically in parallel with each other, wherein the coils of each said coil set are electrically connected in series, each coil of each said coil set being wound about a respective said pole so that rotation of said rotor moves said magnetic field with respect to said coil set to generate electric current flow in said coil set, wherein, in each said coil set, the winding direction of at least one said coil with respect to said magnetic field is opposite the winding direction of the other said coils with respect to said magnetic field and wherein there are unequal numbers of said at least one coil and said other coils. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An electric current generation device, said device comprising:
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a rotatable rotor having an inner annular surface and including a plurality of magnets arranged in alternating polarity about said inner annular surface to establish a magnetic field proximate said inner annular surface; and a stator having an annular outer surface concentric with and opposing said inner annular surface of said rotor and including a plurality of poles extending from said annular outer surface toward said inner annular surface of said rotor into said magnetic field and two sets of coils electrically in parallel with each other, wherein the coils of each said coil set are electrically connected in series, each coil of each said coil set being wound about a respective said pole so that rotation of said rotor moves said magnetic field with respect to said coil set to generate electric current flow in said coil set, wherein, in each said coil set, a plurality of said coils comprising a first group of said coil set are wound in alternating opposite directions with respect to each other so that said coils of said first group are electrically in phase with each other, and wherein at least one said coil comprising a second group of said coils of said coil set is wound in an opposite direction to said first group with respect to said magnetic field so that said second group is electrically out of phase with said first group. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. An electric current generation device, said device comprising:
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a rotatable rotor including a magnet assembly establishing a magnetic field proximate said rotor; a stator including at least two sets of coils disposed with respect to said rotor so that rotation of said rotor moves said magnetic field with respect to the coils of said coil sets to generate electric current flow in said coil sets, wherein the coils of a first said coil set are wound so that the output of said first coil set is out of phase with respect to the output of a second said coil set; and a rectifier mechanism in operative communication with said first coil set and said second coil set, said rectifier mechanism configured to rectify and combine the output of said first coil set and the output of said second coil set, wherein said coils of said first coil set are electrically connected in series, wherein said coils of said second coil set are electrically connected in series, and wherein one end of each of said first and said second coil set is electrically grounded and the other end of each of said first and second coil set is connected to said rectifier mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. An electric current generation device, said device comprising:
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a rotatable rotor including a plurality of magnets arranged in alternating polarity so that said magnets establish a magnetic field proximate said rotor; a stator including two sets of coils disposed with respect to said rotor so that rotation of said rotor moves said magnetic field with respect to the coils of said coil sets to generate electric current flow in said coil sets, wherein the coils of a first said coil set are wound so that the output of said first coil set is 180°
out of phase with respect to the output of a second said coil set; anda rectifier mechanism in operative communication with said first coil set and said second coil set, said rectifier mechanism configured to rectify and combine the output of said first coil set and the output of said second coil set. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An electric current generation device, said device comprising:
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a rotatable rotor including a plurality of magnets arranged in alternating polarity so that said magnets establish a magnetic field proximate said rotor; a stator including a plurality of poles extending into said magnetic field and at least two sets of coils, wherein the coils in each said coil set are electrically connected in series, each coil of said coil sets is wound about a respective said pole so that rotation of said rotor moves said magnetic field with respect to said coil sets to generate electric current flow in said coil sets, and the coils of a first said coil set are wound so that the output of said first coil set is approximately 180°
out of phase with respect to the output of a second said coil set; anda rectifier mechanism in operative communication with said first coil set and said second coil set, said rectifier mechanism configured to half-wave rectify and combine the output of said first coil set and the output of said second coil set. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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35. An electric current generation device, said device comprising:
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a rotatable rotor having an inner annular surface and including a plurality of magnets arranged in alternating polarity about said inner annular surface to establish a magnetic field proximate said inner annular surface; a stator having an outer annular surface concentric with and opposing said inner annular surface of said rotor and including a plurality of poles extending from said annular outer surface toward said inner annular surface of said rotor into said magnetic field and at least two sets of coils, wherein the coils in each said coil set are electrically connected in series, each coil of said coil sets is wound about a respective said pole so that rotation of said rotor moves said magnetic field with respect to said coil sets to generate electric current flow in said coil sets, the winding direction of coils of a first said coil set with respect to said magnetic field is opposite to the winding direction of coils of a second said coil set with respect to said magnetic field, and in each of said first coil set and said second coil set, the winding direction of at least one said coil of said coil set with respect to said magnetic field is opposite the winding direction of the other said coils of said coil set with respect to said magnetic field, said other coils are wound in alternating opposite directions with respect to each other so that said other coils are electrically in phase with each other, there are unequal numbers of said at least one coil and said other coils, and said at least one coil is wound oppositely to said other coils with respect to said magnetic field so that said at least one coil is electrically out of phase with respect to said other coils; and a rectifier mechanism in operative communication with said first coil set and said second coil set, said rectifier mechanism configured to half-wave rectify and combine the output of said first coil set and the output of said second coil set. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37)
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38. An electric current generation device, said device comprising:
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a rotatable rotor having an inner annular surface and including a plurality of magnets arranged in a spaced apart relationship and in alternating polarity about said inner annular surface to establish a magnetic field proximate said inner annular surface; a stator having an annular outer surface concentric with and opposing said inner annular surface of said rotor and including a plurality of poles extending from said annular outer surface toward said inner annular surface of said rotor into said magnetic field and two sets of coils electrically in parallel with each other, wherein the coils of each said coil set are electrically connected in series, each coil of each said coil set being wound about a respective said pole so that rotation of said rotor moves said magnetic field with respect to said coil set to generate electric current flow in said coil set, wherein, in each said coil set, a plurality of said coils comprising a first group of said coil set are wound in alternating opposite directions with respect to each other so that said coils of said first group are electrically in phase with each other, and wherein at least one said coil comprising a second group of said coils of said coil set is wound in an opposite direction to said first group with respect to said magnetic field so that said second group is electrically out of phase with said first group; and a full-wave rectifier mechanism in operative communication with said coil sets and configured to full-wave rectify the output of said coil sets. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40)
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Specification