Patent ID: 9421632
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: B23K

Claim Text:
1. An engine welder capable of supplying up to a full electrical power capacity, said engine welder comprising: an engine capable of providing rotating mechanical drive power; a single rotor having at least one field winding wound on a stack of iron laminations configured to be electrically driven at a saturation current which fully saturates a generator magnetics of the engine welder; a rotatable drive shaft operatively connecting said rotor to said engine; and a single stator surrounding said single rotor and having a first stator welding winding, at least a second stator welding winding, and at least a first stator auxiliary winding, wherein said engine, said single rotor, and said single stator are configured to supply said full electrical power capacity to said first stator welding winding as said rotor is driven at said saturation current.