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Regulator with alternator output current and input drive power control

  • US 6,184,661 B1
  • Filed: 06/22/1999
  • Issued: 02/06/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/22/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In combination with an electrical generator comprising a field coil, a winding coupled with a pair of output terminals, and a generator shaft operative to modify electromagnetic interaction of the field coil and the winding when the shaft is rotated, a generator monitor comprising:

  • a tachometer, responsive to the generator and operative to generate a speed signal indicative of rotational speed of the generator shaft;

    a current monitor operative to generate a field current signal indicative of average field current of the generator field coil; and

    a first processing element responsive to the speed and field current signals and operative to generate an output current signal indicative of electrical output current supplied by the generator via the output terminals.

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