Title: Battery charging systems for use in road vehicles

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1. A battery charging system comprising in combination a permanent magnet alternator having at least three separate single phase windings, positive and negative supply lines for connection to a vehicle battery, and a plurality of pairs of diodes and pairs of thyristors, there being one pair of diodes and one pair of thyristors for each winding, and each winding having its ends connected to the negative supply line through its pair of diodes respectively, and its ends further connected to the positive supply line through its pair of thyristors respectively, the system further including voltage sensitive means connected between the supply lines for providing gate current to the thyristors only when the voltage between the supply lines is below a predetermined value.

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Inventors: Harris, Paul Anthony (Walsall, EN)

Application Number: 358321
Filing Date: 1973-05-08
Publication_date: 1976-02-03
Assignee: The Lucas Electrical Company Limited (Birmingham, EN)
Primary Class(es): 322/28 320/DIG31
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

3315141	Apr, 1967	Wright et al.	322/28.
3617852	Nov, 1971	Phoenix	322/28.
3670229	Jun, 1972	Harris	322/28.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Trammell, James D.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Holman & Stern