GENERATOR APPARATUS COUPLED TO SIDE FRAME OF VEHICLE AND ENERGIZED BY ROTATION OF AXLE ON VEHICLE

摘要

A vehicle axle driven generator assembly (10) for supplying electrical power to electrically operable vehicle brakes, the generator having a magnetic field producing rotor (30) and a stator with conductors (34a) in the magnetic field. The rotor has its axis of rotation coaxial with the axis of rotation of the axle (11) and is rotated by a drive shaft which is either secured to the end of the axle or is loosely coupled to the end of the axle. The rotor and the stator are encircled by a housing (36) to which the stator is secured and the housing is restrained with respect to rotation by either a link (69) acting between the housing and a fixed portion of the vehicle or by securing the housing to the fixed portion.