Patent ID: 7180200
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: F02B,F02N,H01M,H02P

Abstract:
1. An electrical generator system, said system comprising: a generator device that generates AC power that includes a permanent magnet generator (PMG); an internal combustion (IC) engine coupled to the generator device that drives the generator device; a starting device coupled to the IC engine, the starting device including the PMG; the PMG electrically connected to a brushless DC controller (BLDC) that electronically commutates windings of the PMG to drive the PMG as a brushless DC motor to start the IC engine; the PMG including first windings for generating the AC power and second windings for driving the PMG as the starting device, the BLDC connected to the second windings of the PMG; and a portable universal battery pack coupled to the starting device that provides DC power to the starting device.