Patent ID: 7362002

Claim:
An automotive starter generator apparatus comprising: a battery; an automotive dynamoelectric machine linked to an engine, said automotive dynamoelectric machine being driven by electric power from said battery during starting of said engine so as to start said engine, and being driven by said engine after said engine has been started so as to generate alternating-current power; an inverter having a plurality of sets constituted by: a pair of switching elements connected in series between positive and negative terminals of said battery; and a diode connected in parallel with said switching elements, a connection point between said switching elements connected in series being connected to said automotive dynamoelectric machine; and a control apparatus for controlling said inverter such that said switching elements are switched ON and OFF during starting of said engine to supply electric power from said battery to said automotive dynamoelectric machine to drive said automotive dynamoelectric machine, and said switching elements are controlled after said engine has been started such that said diodes rectify alternating-current power generated by said automotive dynamoelectric machine and charge said battery, wherein: said automotive dynamoelectric machine comprises: an armature core onto which an armature winding is wound; and a rotor having: a claw-pole rotor core disposed on an inner peripheral side of said armature core; and a field winding installed on an inner peripheral side of claw-shaped magnetic poles of said claw-pole rotor core; and a permanent magnet is disposed between an adjacent pair of said claw-shaped magnetic poles; wherein said control apparatus controls said inverter such that said switching elements are switched ON and OFF after said engine has been started to generate power in an inverter generating mode until a normal service rotational speed region is reached, and said switching elements are switched OFF after said normal service rotational speed region has been reached to generate power in an alternator generating mode.