Abstract: A dual-face, internally-mounted cooling fan is provided in a dynamoelectric machine, e.g. an alternating current generator. The generator includes a ventilated housing supporting a stator assembly and a rotor assembly. The fan includes a divider disk having a plurality of blades provided on each surface and is mounted to rotate with the rotor assembly. As the fan is rotated, a plurality of separate air currents are drawn axially into the housing for cooling. The divider disk prohibits substantial mixing of currents drawn from opposite ends before they are radially expelled from the housing.

Abstract: In an axial-flow fan, a motor support, a frame having a cylindrical inner surface, a boss fixed to the drive shaft and having a cylindrical outer surface, and blades radially extending from the cylindrical outer surface of the boss is provided legs for connecting the frame and motor support, and are also provided with surfaces inclined with respect to the direction of the air stream to reduce resistance to air flow. In another embodiment, the downstream end of the air duct defined by the cylindrical inner surface of the frame is gradually expanded toward the direction in which air is blown out. In a further embodiment, the upstream end of the boss has cut-away portions for enlarging the area of the cross section for air flow.

Abstract: A direct current electrical fan motor for use in small electrical equipment such as down sized personal computers and the like incorporates a fan housing forming a circular fan opening and having a bearing support located centrally of the fan housing. A plurality of electrical coils are supported by the housing in spaced relation about the inner periphery of the fan housing. The fan housing also forms a circular internal channel at the inner peripheral portion thereof. A fan is provided centrally of the housing and is rotatably supported by the bearing. The fan incorporates a plurality of fan blades radiating from a central rotor and having a circular structural member supporting the tips of the blades against vibration. A plurality of permanent magnets are supported by the circular structural member and are movable within the internal channel of the housing upon rotation of the fan, thus moving in close proximity to the spaced coils of the housing during rotation of the fan.

Abstract: An electric vehicle which has motor wheels of the direct-drive outer-rotor type which permit simplification and compaction of the motor wheels. Current regulating covers introduce ambient air for cooling the motors and reduce air resistance, and batteries and control devices are disposed symmetrically relative to the axial line of the vehicle body and to axial lines of the axles so as to reduce and uniformly distribute the weight of the vehicle. All these devices contribute jointly to increasing the range of the electric vehicle.

Abstract: There is provided a totally enclosed electric motor which is effectively cooled by means of an internal ventilation system and an external ventilation system. The internal ventilation system includes an internal fan driven by the rotor which forces internal ventilating air into and along an annular series of longitudinal internal ducts arranged adjacent to the internal cylindrical wall supporting the stator. The internal ventilating air leaving the internal ducts enters a brush compartment where the air is directed axially over the commutator and through the stator-rotor arrangement and back to the internal fan. The external ventilation system includes an external fan driven by the rotor which forces external ventilating air from the atmosphere into and along an annular series of longitudinal external ducts arranged radially outwardly from the series of internal ducts and into exhaust compartments at the far axial end of the motor.

Abstract: A stator coil of a generator for vehicles is provided with a stator coil construction and method for winding the stator coil around the core. The coil is wound around the stator core so that a portion of the stator coil projects from one or both sides of the stator core in the axial (longitudinal) direction of the core. The projecting portion of the stator coil closely surrounds the rotor core and is composed of inner and outer wire batches between which are formed slits which permit cooling air to pass therethrough and cool the coil more efficiently. The cooling air is generated by a fan which is attached to the rotor core facing the inner surface of the projecting portion of the stator coil.

Abstract: An electric motor ventilation structure having an interior fan with a dual concentric set of radially disposed blades located within an endshield of said motor in close proximity to the end of the rotor and stator assemblies within said endshield and to the other peripheral surfaces of said stator assembly within that endshield. The disposition of said blades is such as to break the hot air boundary layer adjacent to each of said windings and cause the movement of heated air through the axial and radial endshield apertures to the external environment and replenishment with cooler air from that environment during motor operation.

Abstract: A gas cooling system for a bore pack exciter for a power generator in which high velocity, colder cooling gas is obtained from the region within the generator where the entering cooling gas is impelled by the generator fan, and means to direct part of that cooling gas from that flow through the bore pack exciter before return to the interior of the generator for recycling through the cooling unit.

Abstract: A fan drive and water slinger seal for a vertically mounted electrical motor. A fan is placed on a motor shaft so opposing flats on the interior surface of the fan hub fan mater with corresponding flats on the shaft to prevent slippage between the fan and shaft during motor operation. The hub contains a spring like finger extending upward axially along a groove in the inner wall of the hub and engaging an annular groove on the shaft to prevent axial movement of the fan along the shaft. The fan is positioned between a motor endshield and an overlying drip pan which encircles the shaft and carries liquid away from the motor. A flexible slinger snugly and adheringly fits on the shaft and has an O-ring type interior seal for sealing within a second annular groove on the motor shaft.

Abstract: A fan for mounting on and use in connection with cooling of components on a PWB comprising a PWB having an aperture therein for receiving a bearing holder with a bearing rotatable within the holder. An annular multipole permanent magnet is secured to the bearing for rotation in the bearing holder. An impeller in the form of radially and outwardly extending vanes, aligned with a central point but spaced from said point, is secured to an outer surface of the permanent magnet and rotates therewith. A housing is secured to the PWB, the housing being disposed over the impeller and the magnet and having two openings, one in the region above the central point of the vanes and a second opening facing along the surface of the PWB. Four electromagnets are secured to the side of the PWB opposite the magnet, the electromagnets being positioned at the four corners of a square and beneath the magnet.

Abstract: A dynamoelectric machine has a housing and a rotor assembly including a rotatable non-stepped shaft which projects through an opening in an end wall of the housing. A fan moves air through the machine to ventilate it and keep it cool. The fan is secured to an end of the shaft extending through the opening by a tab fitting in a groove formed in the shaft and a retention ring fitting over a hub portion of the fan in which the tab is formed.

Abstract: In an electric motor having a stator with end turn windings on opposed faces thereof and a rotor and shaft extending through the stator, an improved motor cooling arrangement including a baffled cage-like fan separately and proximally surrounding the end turns on one face of the stator and a particulate trap mounted on the shaft in cooperation with the baffled cage-like fan.

Abstract: A multi-part molded plastic annular fan is formed from four pieces, each piece having upstanding fan blades and a number of integrally molded cylindrical metal sleeves through which bolts extend to mount the fan parts to a flywheel of an engine drive train. Each fan part has an interlocking member at both ends thereof which secure the fan parts together, and a bolt extends through the interlocking members to secure the fan parts to the flywheel.

Abstract: In a gas-cooled electric machine the cooling-gas supply and removal in the cavity between the laminated stator body and housing is arranged so that the heated cooling gases from the central section of the machine are supplied through separate cooling-gas lines to the ends of the machine and, consequently, to the coolers. In this manner, the individual volumetric flows through the individual zones (I, II, III) of the machine can be partitioned so that an equalization of the temperature level in the longitudinal direction of the machine is achieved.

Abstract: An apparatus for pumping fluid such as an integral pump/motor is provided. A housing having an inlet and an outlet has a rotatable assembly including an impeller located within and adapted to rotate within the housing to move fluid through the housing from the inlet to the outlet. Secured to the exterior of the housing is a stationary assembly for applying an electromagnetic field through the housing to and around the impeller to rotate the impeller and thereby to cause it to move fluid through the housing.The apparatus is for use in a cooling system, such as a cooling system of an automobile engine, to pump fluid through the cooling system. A temperature sensor is provided for sensing the temperature of the fluid within the cooling system. An electronic control, responsive to the temperature sensor, supplies electrical power to stationary assembly.Also, a method of circulating fluid within a system, such as a cooling system of an automobile engine, is disclosed.

Abstract: A temperature activated fan assembly preferably for an electric motor. The assembly includes a fan, a torque transfer means engagable with the fan for transferring torque to the fan and a first member which expands in response to a temperature increase. The expansion of the first member causes the torque transfer means to engage the fan. The first member is situated within the motor such that the first member causes the fan to operate when a critical temperature in the motor is reached. The first member can be fabricated as a rod or coil from a material having a suitably high coefficient of thermal expansion. The first member can also be fabricated from a memory material.

Abstract: A fan assembly that includes an impeller driven by an electric motor. The housing for the impeller has an air intake opening and a pressure-side connection for the discharge of air, with the pressure-side connection being provided with an air inlet opening that communicates with an air conduit that in turn leads to the electric motor housing. Air that flows through the air conduit is supplied at least to the region of the commutator of the electric motor. The electric motor housing is provided with an air outlet opening for receiving air that has been supplied to the electric motor housing via the air conduit, with this air outlet opening being in flow communication with an underpressure region of the impeller remote from the pressure-side connection of the impeller housing.

Abstract: In a self-ventilated electric motor such as utilized in a textile spinning mill machine, a fan cowling and cover plate are arranged to define a ventilating air flow pathway by respective support members which are disposed entirely outside the pathway to prevent accumulation of lint and debris on the support members.

Abstract: In a low capacity compressor, the shaft (20) of the drive motor carries a fan wheel (42) including a crank pin (46) formed integral therewith. The lower end of a connecting rod (62) is journalled on the crank pin (46). The portion of the fan wheel (42) opposing the crank pin (46) is formed with an arc shaped balancing rib (82) having an angular extension of 180.degree.. Precise balancing of the piston/fan wheel unit is obtained by cutting material from the initially oversized balancing rib (82) and/or cutting from the portion of the fan wheel (42) being opposed to the balancing rib (82) so that a balancing groove (102) is obtained.

Abstract: An electric fan comprises a rotary shaft supported on a mounting base plate. The rotary shaft is extended through a cylindrical stator and on a tip of the rotary shaft, the bottom of a cup-shaped rotor yoke as well as an impeller are secured. The stator is enclosed in the rotor yoke, on whose inner wall an anisotropic rotor magnet magnetized in the reverse polarity alternately in its circumferential direction is secured. The stator and the rotor form a DC brushless motor, whereby the impeller is rotated through the rotation of the rotor and the rotary shaft. In the proximity of the rotor magnet, there is provided a hall integrated circuit (IC), through which a rotating position of the rotor may be detected. On the basis of the rotating position signal from the hall IC, a microcomputer controls the current flowing period in such a manner that the current flowing through the stator coil will partly overlap between each phase.

Abstract: An electromechanical drive has an ac motor provided with a brake, a frequency converter provided with a control unit and supplying the motor, and a transmission gearing connected to the output of the motor. To achieve efficient cooling, the drive is provided with a cooling tunnel housing the motor and the brake; the control unit and the power stage semiconductor switches of the frequency converter are located on the outer walls of this tunnel; and the transmission gear is located in or adjacent the tunnel.

Abstract: An electric motor has a ferrous core extending along, rotatable about, and centered on an axis. This core is formed with axial slots and has opposite end edges centered on the axis. A winding extends along the slots of the core and has opposite axial ends extending axially beyond the core. A fan on the core circulates air axially over the core and winding. Respective deflector cages on the winding ends each include an inner ring, an outer ring fitted over the respective end edge of the core, and a plurality of ribs extending axially and radially between the rings and projecting generally axially from the respective winding end. The ribs are spaced apart on the respective winding end such that the winding end is exposed between the ribs. Thus on rotation of the rotor, particles blown by the fan are deflected by the ribs before they engage the winding ends.

Abstract: An electric wheel drive for a wheel body having a drive housing with an interior side facing toward the body and having an opposite exterior side facing away from the body includes a drive motor which has a drive shaft facing the exterior side. Second stage star-type reduction gear and a first stage planetary reduction gear are connected to the drive shaft of the drive motor and they are located adjacent the exterior side. The second stage gear has an outer driving gear surface which is in driving engagement with the wheel hubs of a tire. The construction includes a cooling air passage extending from said housing interior side past said drive motor first and then through first and second gear stages to the exterior side.

Abstract: A pump assembly for use in circulating water from a reservoir to an ice forming mold in an ice making machine, the pump assembly comprising an unvented, unit bearing electric motor having a downwardly extending drive shaft, a pump having a housing with an inlet and an outlet, a fan secured to the drive shaft between the motor and the pump, a support structure interconnecting the pump and the motor, said support structure including a cylindrical upper portion encircling the fan and having an upper edge which is spaced from the bottom of the motor to define an annular slot, said interconnecting structure also including a lower portion with openings near the surface of the water in the reservoir, and a substantially cylindrical collar encircling the motor which defines a substantially axial extension of the annular slot, through which cool air from the surface of the reservoir is directed to the motor to prevent the motor from overheating.

Abstract: An airflow passageway structure for cooling open drip-proof rotating electric machinery utilizes a totally enclosed shaft bearing bracket spaced apart axially from a frame member, and an air inlet ring overlapping the gap between the frame member and the bearing bracket. Incoming cooling air moves axially along the air inlet ring, then moves radially inward between the bearing bracket and frame member. The cooling air then moves past an air deflector, a rotor or shaft mounted fan and finally exits from the machinery at ports located intermediate the ends of the frame member.

Abstract: An alternator for use in an automobile which includes two cooling fans, rear and front, rotatable with the rotor shaft disposed on opposed sides of the rotor, which cooling fans are received in front and rear brackets, respectively. The brackets have inlet ports and outlet ports through which drafts of cooling air are to be drawn in and out of the inner cavity of the alternator through rotation of the fans, attaining cooling of necessary parts e.g. a stator winding, rotor exciting winding, rectifier diode, etc. It is uniquely designed that the one fan on the front side has a suction capacity greater than that of the other fan on the rear side, causing a negative pressure differential between the two suction sections of cooling fans. This results in an additional axial flow of cooling air directed from the rear to the front which contributes to improvement of cooling efficiency for the rectifier diode and rotor exciting winding.

Abstract: An induction motor comprises a stator and rotor totally enclosed in a case with no air communication through the case, an internal shaft mounted fan at each end of the rotor and an external fan and fan shield at one end to direct cooling air along the outer surface of the case. The motor is further provided with hollow, toroidal baffles internally at each end which force the air within the case at each end of the motor to be circulated across the bearing and ends of the windings to pick up heat and along the internal surface of the case to exchange the heat through the case with the fan driven outside air. A further improvement is the provision of an air channel from the fan shield along the outer surface of the case to the other end of the motor and radial ducts from the channel to the interior of the baffle and from the opposite side of the baffle to the case, whereby a portion of the fan driven external cooling air is forced through the interior of the driving end baffle.

Abstract: An electrical compressor for motor vehicle horns, free from water seepage and simple construction wise comprises, all in axial alignment relationship, an electric motor having a stator, a pair of brushes, and a shaft provided with a rotor winding and a commutator, an air compressor having a casing by said shaft, and a bowl-type shell wherein said electric motor and air compressor are mounted coaxially adjacent to the bowl bottom and bowl opening, respectively.

Abstract: An improved electric motor ventilation structure including a "pull through" fan associated with a motor endshield including a shaft for supporting a fan on one end thereof, and defining a preselectively spaced and contoured air inlet and air circulating chamber adjacent the stator and rotor assembly of the electric motor to cause the circulating air to break the "hot" boundary layer of air immediately adjacent the motor windings.

Abstract: A rotary electrical machine is disclosed in which a cylindrical portion is provided at the outer surface of at least one of a pair of claw-shaped poles, and a cooling blade is positioned and fitted to the cylindrical portion through an opening formed in the cooling blade, concentrically with respect to the cylindrical portion, and fixed to the claw-shaped pole by caulking and welding.

Abstract: An electric motor has stator coils extending longitudinally past an end of its rotor so that the end turns and at least a portion of the inner side of the stator coils are exposed. A fan is disposed inside the motor shell between a first air passageway and the stator coils. The fan is secured to and driven by the rotor shaft to cause a flow of cooling air to pass over the stator coils when the motor is in operation. The fan has a number of vanes extending outwardly from a hub to a circumferential ring, which ring defines a central opening of the fan. The central opening extends past the vanes from the front to the rear of the fan so that the rear of the fan is relatively open. The inner surface of the ring is smoothly curved outwardly and rearwardly from the front of the central opening to direct air which enters the central opening toward the stator coils. The vanes are disposed adjacent the exposed portions of the stator coils to cause turbulent air flow along the exposed portions.

Abstract: The control circuitry of a brushless blower motor is mounted on the stator of the motor and is cooled during operation of the blower by a portion of the air moved by the blower. A rotor cup member which covers and protects the control circuitry has at least a pair of radially displaced openings formed therein, and air is conveyed through the openings due to an air pressure differential therebetween created by the movement of air by the blower.

Abstract: An electric motor housing having a peripheral frame member, a central motor mounting member and strut members connecting and supporting the frame member and motor mounting member. The peripheral frame member defines a receptacle having an open mouth for receiving a terminal block assembly in a sliding manner. The receptacle also defines a lateral aperture for access to the terminal block. At least one of the strut members defines a longitudinal channel communicating at one end with the open mouth and at its other end with means for access to an electric motor when mounted on the motor housing.

Abstract: Cooling air is introduced through an opening in a wall portion of the motor housing radially opposing the commutator. A deflecting surface is provided for deflecting the cooling air entering the motor through the opening away from the commutator and toward the armature so as to prevent direct contact of dust and moisture in the cooling air with the commutator.

Abstract: Windage losses due to coolant flowing to the air gap 24 of a dynamoelectric machine having a stator 10 and a rotor 18 are avoided by providing the end faces 28, 30 of the rotor 18 with radially inwardly opening grooves 38 which receive pitot pumps 40. The grooves 38 collect coolant under the influence of centrifugal force and the pitot pumps 40 collect coolant from the associated groove 38 to convey the same to a pressure pump 31.

Abstract: The fan motor according to this invention is made of a base plate in the form of almost square plate. At a center of the base is provided a large enough opening. Within the central opening are mounted radially extending fixed blades, and at a center of the fixed blades a stator of the electric motor is fixed. On the other hand, to a rotor of the motor movable blades are fixed, so that the movable blades face the fixed blades. In this structure, the fixed blades serve also as holding or supporting members for the motor, and increases the airflow as well as the efficiency of the fan motor. Since the base and the fixed blades are made integral with each other by molding synthetic resin material, the number of parts as well as the assembly processes can much be reduced, thus enabling to reduce the manufacturing cost.

Abstract: A rotor for rotary machines of a type having a fan on a side surface of a magnetic field core in which there are provided recessed portions for holding lead wires at portions of the fan so that the fan can be fixed to the rotary shaft of the machine after making the connection between the lead wire of the magnetic field core and a slip ring.

Abstract: An arrangement for cooling an electric rotating machine such as an alternator of an automotive vehicle by means of a fan which is intermittently driven in accordance with the cooling requirements of the electric rotating machine. A heat source is associated with the electric rotating machine which is representative of the degree of heating of the rotating machine. The heat source may be the radiator of the rectifier diodes of the alternator. A heat sensitive means in the form of a spring of "memory alloy" controls the coupling/uncoupling with respect to the shaft of the rotating machine of the fan which is mounted free for rotation coaxially of the shaft of the machine. The heat sensitive means is in heat exchange relation with the heat source. The spring, for example, operates a lever which activates a control rod passing through the hollow shaft to control the coupling or clutching of the fan with respect to the rotating shaft.

Abstract: A low inertia, speed variable induction motor with a stator, a yoke, and a rotor mounted on an output shaft being accommodated in the interior of a frame, wherein the stator is fixedly provided inside the frame, the yoke is rotatably mounted inside the frame in a manner to oppose the stator with a small gap between them, and a cup-shaped rotor is inserted into the small gap between the yoke and the stator, thereby reducing the size and weight of the driving body including the cup-shaped rotor, and improving its high speed response property.

Abstract: A DC brushless motor is provided in which the stator has a central annular portion defining a central aperture, a plurality of winding core members which extend radially from the central annular portion and a plurality of intermediate core members which extend radially from the central annular portion and are positioned intermediate the winding core portions. A single stator winding extends around the winding core portions. The coils of the winding on adjacent winding core portions are wound in opposite directions electrically. A control circuit is provided for simultaneously exciting all of the winding coil portions and for electrically reversing the exciting current as a function of the rotational position of the rotor.A Hall sensor is positioned intermediate a winding core portion and an intermediate core portion and is connected to the control circuit for detecting the rotational position of the rotor with respect to the stator.

Abstract: A simplified fan and brushless DC motor employs an annular permanent magnet magnetized in segments about its circumference. Each segment is oppositely radially magnetized with respect to its adjacent segments. Fan blades are located within the annular magnet. A coil comprising two electrically independent and bifilar wound windings, connected to be oppositely energized, and an electromagnet structure defining two pole pieces reside outside the permanent magnet annulus. A Hall effect device alternately energizes the separate coil windings in response to passage of the segments of the rotor magnet to alternately produce opposite magnetic fields in the pole pieces. Thus commutated, the double coil arrangement affects rotation of the rotor and the fan blades.

Abstract: A flat type rotary electric machine has a flat stator armature coil and two rotors having magnets disposed in opposite relationship to the coil. The flat coil is formed by an annular carrier member of an insulating material and windings carried thereby. The windings are formed by a plurality of layers of annular rows of generally radially extending and axially thin conductor segments each having radially inner and outer end sections and an intermediate effective section axially aligned with magnets on an associated rotor during rotation thereof. The axial thickness of the effective section of each of the conductor segments of the outermost layers is smaller than the axial thickness of the effective section of each of the conductor segments of inner layers.

Abstract: An electronically commutated, direct-current motor of a fan has, in a two-piece housing, a stator formed on one piece of the housing and a blade-equipped rotor attached to a shaft mounted in the housing. The rotor supports an odd number of diametrically opposed pairs of magnets which consist of permanent magnets with opposite poles. On the stator are mounted two coils positioned diametrically, a Hall element, and a diametrically positioned flux-conduction plate that faces the pole surfaces of the magnets of the rotor and is angularly offset from the coils. The Hall element senses the poles of the magnets passing by and generates an output voltage. In response to the Hall element output voltage, an electronic control circuit in the stator sends an excitation current to the coils for alternately attracting or repelling the magnets. The rotor's rotational direction is determined by the resting position of the magnets, as imposed by the flux-conduction plate associated with the coils.

Abstract: A combined on-board electric network generator and heater for vehicles, having mounted in its housing an armature which supports at least one alternating current coil and, more particularly, three-phase current coils. The combined generator-heater has a drum-shaped rotor, driven by the engine of the vehicle. The housing of this unit is closed and encloses the rotor as well as the armature and is formed with fluid ducts. Within the housing, a cooling-air circulation is maintained which streams over the coils and rotors and cools them, transferring heat to heat exchange elements which form part of the housing. A cooling fluid circulates in the ducts in a loop through input and output ports. The loop closes upon itself outside of the housing. The cooling fluid circulation recovers heat losses in the generator and makes the heat available for heating the passenger compartment of a vehicle.

Abstract: An alternating current generator for a car comprises the first centrifugal fan which is fixed to one end of the rotor and has a diameter smaller than that of the rotor, the first ventilating hole for feeding a coolant air which is formed in the end portion in the axial direction of the bracket in the side of the centrifugal fan, the second ventilating hole for discharging the coolant air which is formed in the cylindrical portion of the bracket in which the first ventilating hole is formed, the second centrifugal fan which is fixed to the other end of the rotor and has a diameter larger than that of the rotor, the third ventilating hole for feeding a coolant air which is formed in the end in the axial direction of the other bracket and the fourth ventilating hole for discharging a coolant air which is formed in the cylindrical portion of the other bracket.

Abstract: A partition plate structure for a cooling fan for an alternating current generator constructed in such a manner that an inner part of the rear bracket is inwardly extended in the radial direction to provide an extended surface so as to face the blade with a predetermined distance in an area where the rectifier and the brush holder are not placed; a first partition plate to be fastened to the rear bracket together with the rectifier and a second partition plate to be fastened to the rear bracket together with the brush holder are respectively placed in the rear bracket so as to be substantially flush with the extended surface.

Abstract: A bearing cooling mechanism for a vehicular A.C. generator including a rotor having a rotary shaft rotatably mounted to a frame through two opposite bearings comprises a pulley and a cooling fan fixed in overlapped relationship on the rotary shaft at one end protruding from the adjacent bearing and, in addition to holes disposed on both end surfaces of the frame, four ventilating holes extending at equal angular intervals through those portions of the overlapped pulley and cooling fan adjacent to the rotary shaft.

Abstract: An electric generator is improved in its cooling capacity at low speeds by driving the fan at a speed which is a multiple of the generator speed. This is effected by mounting the fan blade on a rotor of a three phase induction motor which is driven by a part of the three phase output of the generator.

Abstract: A device for cooling a reversible motor comprising: a plurality of blade-type cooling fins (17) attached to the protrusion (13b) of a rotary shaft (13) which protrusion is protruded into a cooling chamber (5) formed on the outside of a motor case (10); an exhaust blower (25) provided on the outer side of the cooling chamber (5) in the axial direction to expel the cooling air, and; a fixed rectifying vane (29), consisting of a plurality of radially arrayed guide vanes (29a), provided in the exhaust space (28) between the blade-type cooling fins (17) and the exhaust blower. In the cooling device, the cooling air stream, moving in a spiral manner, passes through the blade-type cooling fins (17), is rectified in the axial direction via the fixed rectifying vane (29) and is expelled by the exhaust blower (25), when the motor runs in both the forward and the reverse directions.

Abstract: A vehicular generator with at least one cooling fan, wherein a plurality of blades of the cooling fan are made of a shape memorizing alloy, whereby, especially in medium and high revolution speed operations and low electric loads in which cooling air is not required, the blades are flattened, thereby preventing the rotational efficiency of the generator from falling and reducing noise ascribable to the cooling fan.