Patent ID: 8085003

Claim:
A single phase permanent magnet voltage regulated generator comprising: a rotor; a stator exterior to said rotor, wherein said stator comprises a stator body and two core sections, wherein a winding is wound about each of said core sections; each of said core sections having a stem defining an axis about which a winding is wound and two protrusions protruding from the ends of said stem, wherein said protrusions protrude laterally away from said axis; an armature winding on a first of said two core sections; a control winding on a second of said two core sections; a controller, operable to accept a value representative of a rotor speed and determine a desired magnetic permeability of said control winding based on said value, and operable to induce a current in said control winding, thereby altering a magnetic permeability of an alternate magnetic flux flow path wherein said control winding is operable to act as a magnetic flux diverter, and thereby regulate an output voltage of said armature winding; wherein said control winding is operable to provide said alternate magnetic flux flow path thereby affecting an induced electromagnetic field of said armature winding; and wherein said armature and said control windings are stator windings.