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US 2017/0257017 A1Published application
Alternator with front end accessory drive
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorLarry Dean Elie
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Abstract
Alternator/starters and methods for providing electrical power to a vehicle and rotating an engine are disclosed. In one example, the alternator/starter provides a differential action whereby torque on an input side of the alternator may be maintained while speed of an output side of the alternator may be varied. The alternator/starter includes two armature windings and two field windings.
Claims20
An electrical machine, comprising:
- a housing;
- a first field winding within the housing;
- a first armature winding;
- a second field winding, the first field winding and the first armature winding at least partially wrapped by the second field winding;
- and
- a second armature winding, the first field winding and the first armature winding at least partially wrapped by the second armature winding.
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An electrical machine, comprising:
- a housing;
- a first field winding supported via a first field winding support in the housing;
- a first armature winding;
- a second field winding;
- a second armature winding, the second armature winding supported via a second armature winding support, the second armature winding support mechanically coupled to the first field winding support, the second armature winding at least partially wrapped by the second field winding.
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An electrical machine, comprising:
- a housing;
- a first field winding within the housing;
- a first armature winding;
- a second field winding;
- and
- a second armature winding, the first armature winding and the second armature winding supported via a sole armature winding support.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.