Abstract: A speed control unit for an aircraft generator includes a continuously variable gear ratio drive device through which the generator is driven by a shaft of the engine and which is responsive to an error signal indicative of a difference between desired and sensed generator speeds. A control circuit prevents the error signal from being applied to the drive device until a predetermined speed of the generator is reached and a ramp generating circuit increases the rise time of the error signal after the generator has reached the predetermined speed.

Abstract: A rectifier has a d.c. return terminal and two d.c. output terminals. The elements of the rectifier are connected so that d.c. currents through the output terminals are discontinuous and that the sum of these currents is continuous d.c. output. Switches are provided to connect the d.c. output terminals to a common supply terminal for a load, or to isolate the output termnals from each other and from the load.

Abstract: A detector, intended particularly for detecting end of charge of a secondary battery under constant current charge, includes a linear input stage producing an output voltage linearly related to the battery voltage. A relay contact is closed periodically by pulses from a clock to connect the output of the input stage to a capacitor and resistor in series. Any change in the output voltage between closure of the contact cause current to flow in the resistor and a comparator compares the voltage across this resistor with a reference voltage. When the battery is charged and the output voltage starts to fall, the negative voltage on the resistor cause the comparator to latch and provide an output signal.