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Alternator

  • US 6,304,012 B1
  • Filed: 05/05/2000
  • Issued: 10/16/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a slip ring end housing for a CS-130 alternator, the slip ring end housing having a predetermined length, an open first end, a second end and a sidewall extending therebetween, the second end of the slip ring end housing including a bearing well having an inner side and an outer side, and including a plurality of spaced apart heat sink fins, each of the heat sink fins having an inwardly disposed end and an outwardly disposed end, and the outwardly disposed end being disposed in a level below the outer side of the bearing well, the improvement comprising:

  • at least one of the heat sink fins extending outwardly in a direction coincident with an axial axis of the slip ring end housing such that the outwardly disposed end of the heat sink fin is disposed about level with the outer side of the bearing well thereby increasing the surface area of the heat sink fin without increasing the length of the CS-130 alternator, and wherein each of the heat sink fins has a semi-circular shape.

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