Abstract: The invention relates to current rectifying equipment for rotary electrical machines having a rear bearing, of the type comprising a plurality of positive diodes (2) supported by a support (1) in the form of a plate, a plurality of negative diodes (7) supported by the rear bearing (6) of the machine, a device (9) for connecting the positive and negative diodes together, and means for generating a forced axial stream of a coolant fluid, the support (1) for the diodes carrying cooling fins (4) which extend in the said axial stream (F1) of the coolant fluid in the radial direction of the machine. The equipment is characterised in that it includes means for effecting mixed cooling of the support for the negative diodes by convection and conduction.

Abstract: The invention relates to an alternator for a motor vehicle including a stator (13) equipped with a body (14) carrying several phases each comprising, on the one hand, an inlet (E1 to E′3) and an outlet (S1 to S′3) installed outside the body (14) of the stator (13), and, on the other hand, electrically conducting elements, which are arranged in a network on either side of the body (14) of the stator (13) so as to form a first (12) and a second (12′) bun and which pass through the said body, in which the electrically conducting elements are linked together to form the said networks and connect the inlet of the phase to the outlet of the phase by forming at least one winding. According to the invention, one of the buns (12, 12′), on one side of the body (14) of the stator (13), carries three inlets (E1 to E3-E′1 to E′3), an electrically conducting linking part (50, 51) linking the said inlets electrically together.

Abstract: The invention concerns a friction clutch comprising a flywheel (3) with a front end designed to be fixed to a motor vehicle crankshaft (11) and a rear end in the form of a reaction plate (4) with a central recess (39) externally defined by a friction surface and a friction disc coupled with a central hub designed to be interlocked in rotation with the input shaft of a movement gear box comprising a clutch housing, the flywheel (13) bearing between its front and rear ends the rotor (6) of a rotating electric machine (2) comprising a fixed stator borne internally by a strut designed to be interlocked with at least one of the vehicle engine-clutch housing (14) block (62). The invention is applicable to a motor vehicle.

Abstract: The invention relates to alternators for a motor vehicle, of which a stator comprises a cylindrical body, several phases each formed by a plurality of electrically conducting elements, the cylindrical body comprising radial slots for accommodating at least four phase-conductor elements forming at least four layers of conductor elements, each conductor element including two branches placed in slots each in a predetermined layer and a head forming a U-shape seen in the peripheral direction, the half of the conductor elements which are engaged by their first branches in a slot being engaged by their second respective branches in the same other slot.