Alternator-starter for motor vehicle with mechanical static converter
AssigneeValeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
InventorsJean-Marc Dubus, Pierre Mollon
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Abstract
The reversible multiphase rotary machine comprises a device (3) for supplying current to the windings (12-14) of the stator, which is produced in the form of a mechanical inverter (2) able to be coupled to the aforementioned shaft of the machine and connected to the windings (12-14) of the stator. The invention finds an application in the field of motor vehicles.
Claims11
Multiphase rotary electrical machine which can be associated with an internal combustion engine and is able to be used on the one hand as an electrical generator when it is driven by the internal combustion engine and on the other hand as an electric motor for starting the engine with which it is associated, the machine comprising a shaft carrying a rotor with magnetic poles surrounded by a multiphase stator constituting an armature and provided with windings defining the phases of the machine, a diode bridge for rectifying the current generated by the stator windings when the machine is functioning in generator mode and a device for supplying electric current to the stator windings when the machine is functioning in motor mode, characterised in that the device (3) for supplying current to the stator windings is produced in the form of a mechanical inverter (2) able to be coupled to the aforementioned shaft of the machine and connected to the windings (12-14) of the stator.
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