Patent ID: 7876007

Claim:
An improved automotive rectifier bridge device in an alternator, the alternator having at least an end casting, a stator, and an electronic regulator among its typical other alternator components and the alternator being a part of an electrical charging system of a vehicle, and the rectifier bridge device comprising: a). a plurality of negative and positive diodes; b). a means to electrically interconnect the diodes between each other; c). at least one positive heat sink and at least one negative heat sink; d). a means to mechanically connect the diodes to the heat sinks forming a negative and a positive heat sink assemblies; e) a means to secure the heat sink assemblies to the slip ring end casting of the alternator; f). a means to electrically connect the diodes to the alternator stator; g) a B+ connector; h). an aperture in the heat sink wherein the aperture is contiguous to the threaded B+ connector to the positive heat sink of the rectifier device to enable the connection to have increased torque; i). a means to connect the B+ connector to the electrical system of the vehicle; j). means to connect the rectifier device to a B+ connector; and k). a means to removably connect the electrical interconnection for the diodes and heat sink to the regulator wherein the rectifier device provides a conversion of an alternating current to a direct current and a method to provide the direct current to the electrical charging system.