US3183386A
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Multiple output generator
Assignee: General Electric Co
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Filing: 1962-05-17
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Granted: 1965-05-11
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Expires: 1982-05-17
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 William R Miller
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 19:55
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02K; H02K23/00; H02K23/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
236 words
A DIRECT CURRENT GENERATOR FOR EXCITING A PLURALITY OF EXTERNAL CIRCUITS COMPRISING: A LAP-WOUND ARMATURE WITHOUT EQUALIZER CONNECTIONS; THREE PAIR OF MAIN POLES ARRANGED TO CO-ACT WITH SAID ARMATURE; INTERPOLES DISPOSED ADJACENT EACH MAIN POLE SO THAT THERE ARE AS MANY INTERPOLES AS MAIN POLES; A PAIR OF BRUSHED FOR EACH PAIR OF MAIN POLES FOR TAKING THREE EXTERNAL CIRCUITS OFF FROM SAID ARMATURE, TWO OF SAID EXTERNAL CIRCUITS BEING TAKEN FROM PAIRS COMPRISING ADJACENT BRUSHES AND THE THIRD EXTERNAL CIRCUIT BEING TAKEN FROM BRUSHES DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED ON SAID ARMATURE; AND THREE EXTERNAL CIRCUITS ASSOCIATED RESPECTIVELY WITH THE THREE EXTERNAL CIRCUITS DISPOSED ON EACH OF SAID INTERPOLES, AN INTERPOLE WINDING OF EACH OF THE CIRCUITS TAKEN FROM ADJACENT BRUSHES HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY N COMMUTATION-FORCING AMPERE-TURNS OF A FIRST POLARITY, THE WINDINGS OF EACH ADJACENT INTERPOLE HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY K1N COMMUTATION-FORCING AMTURNS OF THE OPPOSITE POLARITY, AND THE REMAINING INTERPOLES HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY K2N COMMUTATION-FORCING AMPERE TURNS OF A POLARITY OPPOSITE SAID FIRST POLARITY WHILE THE INTERPOLE WINDINGS OF THE EXTERNAL CIRCUIT TAKEN FROM THE DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED BRUSHES HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY N1 COMMUTATION-FORCING AMPERE-TURNS ON THE INTERPOLES ON EITHER SIDE OF EACH OF SAID OPPOSED BRUSHES AND SUBSTANTIALLY K3N1 COMMUTATION-FORCING AMPERE-TURNS ON THE OTHER INTERPOLES, THE WINDINGS ON THE INTERPOLES ON EITHER SIDE OF EACH OF SAID OPPOSED BRUSHES BEING OF OPPOSITE POLARITY AND SAID OTHER INTERPOLE WINDINGS BEING OF THE POLARITY OF THE INTERPOLE WINDINGS ON INTERPOLES ADJACENT THERETO WHERE:
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
236 words
A DIRECT CURRENT GENERATOR FOR EXCITING A PLURALITY OF EXTERNAL CIRCUITS COMPRISING: A LAP-WOUND ARMATURE WITHOUT EQUALIZER CONNECTIONS; THREE PAIR OF MAIN POLES ARRANGED TO CO-ACT WITH SAID ARMATURE; INTERPOLES DISPOSED ADJACENT EACH MAIN POLE SO THAT THERE ARE AS MANY INTERPOLES AS MAIN POLES; A PAIR OF BRUSHED FOR EACH PAIR OF MAIN POLES FOR TAKING THREE EXTERNAL CIRCUITS OFF FROM SAID ARMATURE, TWO OF SAID EXTERNAL CIRCUITS BEING TAKEN FROM PAIRS COMPRISING ADJACENT BRUSHES AND THE THIRD EXTERNAL CIRCUIT BEING TAKEN FROM BRUSHES DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED ON SAID ARMATURE; AND THREE EXTERNAL CIRCUITS ASSOCIATED RESPECTIVELY WITH THE THREE EXTERNAL CIRCUITS DISPOSED ON EACH OF SAID INTERPOLES, AN INTERPOLE WINDING OF EACH OF THE CIRCUITS TAKEN FROM ADJACENT BRUSHES HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY N COMMUTATION-FORCING AMPERE-TURNS OF A FIRST POLARITY, THE WINDINGS OF EACH ADJACENT INTERPOLE HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY K1N COMMUTATION-FORCING AMTURNS OF THE OPPOSITE POLARITY, AND THE REMAINING INTERPOLES HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY K2N COMMUTATION-FORCING AMPERE TURNS OF A POLARITY OPPOSITE SAID FIRST POLARITY WHILE THE INTERPOLE WINDINGS OF THE EXTERNAL CIRCUIT TAKEN FROM THE DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED BRUSHES HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY N1 COMMUTATION-FORCING AMPERE-TURNS ON THE INTERPOLES ON EITHER SIDE OF EACH OF SAID OPPOSED BRUSHES AND SUBSTANTIALLY K3N1 COMMUTATION-FORCING AMPERE-TURNS ON THE OTHER INTERPOLES, THE WINDINGS ON THE INTERPOLES ON EITHER SIDE OF EACH OF SAID OPPOSED BRUSHES BEING OF OPPOSITE POLARITY AND SAID OTHER INTERPOLE WINDINGS BEING OF THE POLARITY OF THE INTERPOLE WINDINGS ON INTERPOLES ADJACENT THERETO WHERE:
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