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7592786 Aircraft engine starter/generator  
A rotor resistor and switch combination may cause a starter/generator device to function as an asynchronous device when in a start mode. Thus, starting torque may result. A starter/generator device...
7449795 Electric power generation system using a permanent magnet dynamoelectric machine for starting a combustion turbine and for generating uninterruptible excitation power  
An electric power generation system 10 with a combustion turbine 12 as a prime mover for a main generator 16 is provided. The power generation system includes a dynamoelectric machine 30 ...
7400056 Engine starter-generator optimized for start function  
A starter-generator system is configured to supply power to an aircraft electrical bus having a rated AC voltage magnitude, or receive power from a start converter, and includes a rotor and a...
7301310 Excitation controlled synchronous permanent magnet machine  
The present invention provides an apparatus and methods for providing constant voltage from a permanent magnet generator at varying prime mover speeds or under varying loads. A constant voltage...
7268522 Excitation control for wound field synchronous dynamoelectric machines  
A wound field synchronous (WFS) dynamoelectric machine comprises: a rotor assembly; an exciter generator section comprising a stationary multiphase exciter stator winding for receiving excitation...
7183750 Vehicle power-generation control unit and vehicle power-generation control system  
The vehicle power-generation control unit has a first function enabled when a control signal received from outside designates a first mode to control an exciting current such that an output power...
7170263 Method and apparatus for controlling on-vehicle generator  
An apparatus for controlling an on-vehicle generator is provided. The apparatus comprises a switching element, current detecting unit, setting unit and driving unit. The switching unit turns on/off...
7129595 Hybrid electro-mechanical vehicular transmission having multiple modular motor/generators assembled from like components  
An improved hybrid electro-mechanical vehicular transmission includes motor/generator modules assembled from like components. This is accomplished by providing “punch-out” tabs on the...
7128061 Supercharger  
A centrifugal supercharger is provided. One embodiment of the supercharger comprises a two-piece housing wherein a parting area is substantially aligned with a rotational axis of a drive- or...
7078826 Hybrid gas turbine engine starter-generator  
A rotating electrical machine, such as an aircraft starter-generator, that may be operated in either a DC motor mode or an AC generator mode. The machine includes a conventionally wound main stator...
7053497 Monitoring system for a generator  
A load monitoring apparatus for monitoring the load applied to a portable generator. The apparatus includes a sensor, and a humanly perceptible indicator that indicates at least one discontinuous...
6965172 Starter for cranking internal combustion engine  
A starter for cranking an internal combustion engine is mainly composed of an electric motor and a magnetic switch having a battery bolt connected to an on-board battery and a motor bolt connected...
6940735 Power converter system  
A power converter system advantageously employs a modular, bi-directionally symmetrical power converter assembly in a readily customizable configuration to interconnect a direct current power...
6936933 Hybrid propulsion system for a motor vehicle  
Arrangement for providing an integrated starter generator apparatus for producing electrical power and/or rotational torque. The apparatus includes a primary rotor ( 18 ) arranged for cooperation...
6919661 Alternator-starter for motor vehicle with mechanical static converter  
The reversible multiphase rotary machine includes 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...
6900618 Power generation control apparatus for vehicle  
A vehicle power generation control apparatus that has a power supply circuit, a rotation detecting circuit, an exciting current detecting circuit, an exciting current control circuit, a torque...
6897574 Gate driver ASIC for an automotive starter/alternator  
A starter/alternator system for an engine and a battery of an automobile are provided. The system includes a starter/alternator machine; a three phase MOSgate control inverter/bridge electrically...
6888329 Control method of dynamo-electric machine for vehicle  
A method of controlling an electric rotating machine for a vehicle includes an electric rotating machine ( 1 ) including a rotator having a field winding ( 5 ) and a stator having an armature...
6888263 Gas turbine generator  
A gas turbine generating apparatus according to the present invention comprises a gas turbine capable of a high-speed operation, a permanent-magnet-type generator driven at a high speed by the gas...
6856032 Starter/alternator assembly of internal combustion engine and method for controlling thereof  
An engine starting apparatus comprises a starter/alternator assembly operatively coupled to the engine and is capable of being operated in a starter mode for starting the engine and in a generator...
6844707 AC/DC brushless starter-generator  
A brushless AC/DC starter generator for use with aircraft engines, the starter generator capable of both providing motive force to start the engine, and generate AC and DC power for aircraft...
6838778 Integrated starter generator drive having selective torque converter and constant speed transmission for aircraft having a constant frequency electrical system  
A starter-generator for an aircraft engine comprises a dynamoelectric machine alternatively operable as a motor or as a generator, having a rotor. A support motor is coupled to the dynamoelectric...
6787959 Electrical machine and electrical system  
An electrical machine with a stator component and a rotor component, wherein the stator component carries the winding of the electrical machine, which has a number of coils. An electronic power...
6784634 Brushless doubly-fed induction machine control  
Processor-based field oriented control for brushless doubly-fed induction machine having first and second polyphase stator windings is programmed to operate the machine in various modes, as a motor...
6768215 High rotational speed optimized engine starter having clutch connection to engine  
In an engine starter of the present invention, a driving shaft to output a rotating force and a crankshaft of an engine are linked continuously. The engine starter comprises a one-way clutch to...
6753621 Starter for internal combustion engine  
A starter for an internal combustion engine is comprised of an armature, a motor case, a planetary gear speed reduction mechanism connected to an armature shaft, a frame and a partition plate...
6664653 Command and control system for controlling operational sequencing of multiple turbogenerators using a selected control mode  
A command and control system and method for multiple turbogenerators in a grid parallel system includes a master controller to start, sequence, coordinate power commands, and provide fault handling...
6609992 Automotive alternator  
An automotive alternator includes: a stator core 1 having a stator winding 2; front and rear brackets 3 and 4 holding the stator core 1; a rotor core 5 attached to a rotation shaft 7 ...
6512305 Method and apparatus having a turbine working in different modes for providing an uninterruptible supply of electric power to a critical load  
An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system supplies power to computers, medical apparatus or other critical loads when primary power supply falters. The UPS system includes an electrical machine...
6501190 Accessory device driving apparatus for vehicles  
An accessory device driving apparatus is disposed between an internal combustion engine and an accessory device of a vehicle. The driving apparatus is constructed as a coaxial dual rotor-type...
6484596 Crankshaft starter-generator  
The invention relates to a crankshaft starter-generator for an internal combustion engine wherein the starter-generator is drive-coupled to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine and serves...
6392311 Starter generator for internal combustion engine  
A starter generator for an internal combustion engine serving as a starter motor when the internal combustion engine should start and as a generator after the internal combustion engine starts and...
6351090 Device for starting a gas turbine in an aircraft  
A device for starting a gas turbine in an aircraft includes an electrical power supply delivering a direct current and a drive electric motor connected to the power supply, independent of the...
6302253 Torque transmission unit  
Torque transmission unit includes an input shaft and an output shaft with a torsion damping device functionally arranged between the input shaft and an output shaft. A shift clutch is also...
6208036 Powertrain with integrated motor generator  
A hybrid powertrain has an internal combustion engine, a power transmission and an electric drive. The electric drive includes a stator secured in the housing of the power transmission and a rotor...
6202776 Drive system, especially for a motor vehicle, and method of operating same  
The invention concerns a drive system, especially for a motor vehicle, with a drive assembly, especially an internal combustion engine; an electric machine that is directly coupled or can be...
6201312 Drive control system for hybrid vehicles  
A control system for improving the fuel economy of a hybrid vehicle by evaluating a fuel to be consumed for a charging operation thereby to select a running mode. Specifically, a drive control...
6169334 Command and control system and method for multiple turbogenerators  
A command and control system and method for multiple turbogenerators in a grid parallel system includes a master controller to start, sequence, coordinate power commands, and provide fault handling...
6133659 Vehicle in-line generator  
An in-line generator fits between the engine and transmission of a conventional motor vehicle. The in-line generator comprises an externally cooled housing having a first end that is mounted to the...
6118238 Motor starting apparatus for an engine driven generator  
A conventional motor controlling circuit is adapted to control an inverter that drives a permanent magnet generator as a motor to spin an engine to a speed sufficient to permit the engine to start....
6054777 Starter having brush displaceable to and from commutator  
A positive-side brush and a negative-side brush are held by a motor frame and contact the sliding-contact surface of a commutator. A displacement member switches the state of one brush connected...
6040634 Electric motor/thermal engine drive for a vehicle in which the electric motor functions as a flywheel, starter motor, and generator  
The engine unit for a vehicle comprises a thermal engine (1) and a coaxial relatively flat electric motor (2) which can operate up to, at least, the maximum operating speed of said thermal engine....
6031294 Turbogenerator/motor controller with ancillary energy storage/discharge  
A turbogenerator/motor controller with a microprocessor based inverter having multiple modes of operation with an energy storage and discharge system including an ancillary electric storage device,...
6008545 Engine starting and electricity generating apparatus including 3-elements type input and output mechanism coaxial with motor/generator  
An apparatus including motor/generator whose axis is spaced from and parallel to engine crankshaft, 3-elements type input and output mechanism disposed coaxially with the motor/generator and having...
5998976 Power supply system  
An arrangement for voltage supply with an electrical machine that can be operated as a generator or as a starter is proposed, which is operated by the engine in the generator mode and which brings...
5977648 Hydraulically driven low reactance, large air gap permanent magnet generator and voltage regulation system for use therewith  
An electric power generating system comprises a low reactance, large airgap permanent magnet generator driven by a hydraulic motor to generate a poly-phase AC output voltage. Because the permanent...
5942879 Control system for hybrid vehicles  
A control system for a hybrid vehicle including a traction motor which drives a drive shaft of the vehicle by electrical energy and has a regenerative function of converting kinetic energy of the...
5942806 Method and device for generating electricity  
A method and device for generating an electric current and power from the earth's electric field. The electric current is generated by providing a thermoemissive material at some distance above the...
5936312 Power output apparatus and method of controlling the same  
The object of the present invention is to carry out control and enable an engine to output a desired power, thereby preventing unexpected charge or discharge of storage battery means. A power...
5927452 Arrangement for compensating alternating torques and vibrations in a motor vehicle drive train  
An arrangement for compensating for alternating torques and reducing vibrations in the drive train of a motor vehicle includes three flywheel masses and two clutches in a common housing and...
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