Patent ID: 7116021

Claim:
A charging system alternator comprising: an alternator body; a rotor coil mounted for rotation within the alternator body; stator windings supported in a housing for producing an electrical output as the rotor coil is rotated; and a bridge rectifier positioned within the alternator body and having an input connected to the stator windings for receiving and rectifying the electrical output from the stator windings, said rectifier comprising, a positive heat sink and a negative heat sink each having a top surface and spaced from each other and forming a gap therebetween, each heat sink including a side configured to face each other, and an opposing side, each side having slots formed therein extending from the opposing side to the side configured to face the other heat sink and forming oppositely positioned cooling fins; a plurality of respective pairs of negative and positive diodes positioned at each top surface of respective positive and negative heat sinks wherein said plurality at each top surface has a centrally located diode forming a pair of central diodes which is paired offset at an angle to other pairs of diodes; and a terminal assembly interconnecting respective pairs of negative and positive diodes, wherein said pair of central diodes positioned offset from each other at an angle provide a greater depth of slot and greater surface area for the cooling fins.