US Patent: 4,459,548 
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| Alternator Testing Apparatus
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	        Patentees:
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 | Richard P. Lentz (exact or similar names) - Kenosha, WI |  
| Stephen B. Servais (exact or similar names) - Franksville, WI |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Nov. 12, 1981 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Jul. 10, 1984 | 
 
 
 
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        Description: |  
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Abstract
An alternator produces current that has an average component and a ripple component. The alternator testing apparatus produces one voltage representative of the magnitude of the peak-to-peak amplitude of the ripple component and a second voltage representative of the sum of the average component and the peak-to-peak amplitude of the ripple component. A series of comparators each have their signal inputs coupled to receive the first voltage and their control inputs coupled to a divider network which is in turn coupled to receive the second voltage. Indicators are coupled to the comparators. 
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