Power generator
AssigneeSeabourne Solutions, LLC
InventorsJohn A. Lawton, Alan P. Dutcher
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Abstract
In certain embodiments, a power generator has a rotor, a stator, a bridge rectifier, and one or more capacitors. The stator has one or more inductors that generate phased AC power when the rotor moves relative to the stator. The bridge rectifier, which is connected between the inductors and two output terminals of the power generator, converts the phased AC power into a DC output current at the two output terminals. The capacitors are connected to the inductors to electro-magnetically resonate when the rotor moves relative to the stator to increase peak amplitudes of the phased AC power and thereby increase the level of the DC output current. In certain applications, the increased. DC output current enables the power generator to charge a battery faster and more efficiently.
Claims23
A power generator comprising:
- a rotor comprising a rotor inductor, the rotor inductor having a first side and a second side;
- a first stator, wherein:
- the rotor is configured to move relative to the first stator;
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- the first stator comprises one or more first-stator inductors configured to induce first stator phase voltages, each first-stator inductor configured to generate phased AC power when the rotor moves relative to the first stator;
- a first bridge rectifier connected between (i) the one or more first-stator inductors and (ii) two output terminals of the power generator and configured to convert the phased AC power into a DC output power at the two output terminals;
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- at least one of (i) an internally connected spark-suppression circuit connected to the rotor inductor to inhibit inductive spikes from damaging at least one stator-connected capacitor in the power generator by grounding the rotor inductor and (ii) a second bridge rectifier connected as a voltage-boosting circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.