US Patent 7091637 AC generator for vehicle having rectifying unit

Patent 7091637 was granted and assigned to Denso on August, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Denso

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7091637

Date of Patent

August 15, 2006

Patent Application Number

10736644

Date Filed

December 17, 2003

Patent Primary Examiner

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Dang Le

Patent abstract

An ac generator for a vehicle includes a rotor for providing a magnetic field, a stator having a stator core in which a plurality of phase-windings is mounted to generate electromotive force when the magnetic field is supplied, a rectifying unit which includes positive electrode side rectifying elements and negative electrode side rectifying elements respectively connected to the plurality of phase-windings. One of the positive electrode side rectifying element and negative electrode side rectifying element that is connected to a portion of the phase-windings is constituted of a single element and the remainders are constituted of parallelly connected two elements.