Patent ID: 6911750

Claim:
An electronic package for an electrical machine preferably a rotary current generator, comprising: a slip ring end (SRE) frame defining one end of a housing configured for mounting a rotor therein so as to be rotatable; a plurality of negative diodes dispersed in an angular fashion in the SRE frame acting as a negative heat sink; a plurality of positive diodes mounted on a separate electrically conductive plate located above a location of the plurality of negative diodes, the plate being configured as a positive heat sink having corresponding holes such that leads extending from each negative diode protrude directly therethrough and openings formed in the positive heat sink to engage a body of each positive diode; a non-conductive separator fitted over a series of bosses that space the positive heat sink above a top surface defining the negative heat sink, the separator configured to electrically insulate the positive heat sink and negative heat sink from one another; a terminal assembly configured to make appropriate electrical connections between the positive and negative diodes, stator phase leads, and a regulator assembly; and the regulator assembly is operably fastened to the SRE frame at a plurality of locations, the regulator assembly electrically connects to the positive heat sink, a stator phase terminal extending from the terminal assembly, SRE frame, and a brush holder assembly; wherein waste heat from the positive and negative heat sinks is convectively carried off through vents configured in each of the positive and negative heats sinks and radially outwardly across both surfaces defining each of the positive and negative heat sinks.