Alternator driving apparatus for driving an alternator
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorJong Hyuck Kim
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Abstract
An alternator driving apparatus for driving an alternator may include a crank pulley mounted on a crank shaft of an engine, an alternator pulley connected to the crank pulley through a driving belt, an alternator shaft connected between the alternator and the alternator pulley, and a rotation speed varying mechanism configured to vary a rotation speed of the alternator shaft.
Claims2
A method for controlling an alternator driving apparatus, wherein the alternator driving apparatus comprises a crank pulley mounted on a crank shaft of an engine, an alternator pulley connected to the crank pulley through a driving belt, an alternator shaft connected between the alternator and the alternator pulley, and a rotation speed varying mechanism configured to vary a rotation speed of the alternator shaft, the method comprising:
- monitoring an external temperature, a current of a battery, a speed of the engine;
- in any one of a condition in which an external temperature is not less than a predetermined temperature, a condition in which the current of the battery is not less than a predetermined current, and a condition in which the rotation speed of the engine is a high or middle speed which is higher than a predetermined speed, the alternator shaft is rotated at a same rotation speed as a rotation speed of the alternator pulley.
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