For Change Of Phase (e.g., Number Of Phases) Patents (Class 363/36)
  • Patent number: 4115729
    Abstract: A multiphase to single phase electrical energy converter wherein the frequency is converted from a relatively high frequency, in the order of 1,000 hertz, to a relatively low frequency, as for example, normal household frequency of 60 hertz. A three-phase alternator is driven by an internal combustion engine and in one form of the invention the output of the alternator is fed to a controllable, full-wave bridge circuit and finally to an inverter. The controllable bridge circuit is controlled by a resolver, the resolver, alternator rotor and internal combustion engine all operating at the same rotary speed. In the one form the resolver is utilized to control the conduction of a plurality of controlled semiconductor devices interconnected between the output windings of the alternator and the invertor to control the delivery of energy from the alternator to the inverter. In another form the controlled semiconductor devices are replaced by a modified resolver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1978
    Assignee: Tenna Power Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas A. Young, Ronald J. Freimark