Heat engine and generator set incorporating multiple generators for synchronizing and balancing

摘要

The invention is two new ways of constructing a synchronous dynamo electric machine having either permanent magnet or electrically excited field poles and no active electrical or magnetic parts attached to the rotor. Also shown is a means of using one or more such machines connected to prime mover engines to synchronize rotation or dampen vibration within the engines as well as acting as a motor or generator. Further shown is a means of constructing a dynamo electric machine in a configuration which particularly suits application as an auxiliary alternator on an automotive piston engine.