Patent ID: 7851953

Claim:
A generator for a vehicle having an engine wherein the generator is driven by said engine, comprising: a rotor boss engaged with one end of a crankshaft of said engine; a rotor core having an inner circumference engaged with the outer circumference of said rotor boss, said rotor core having a plurality of rotor magnets arranged along the outer circumference of said rotor core; an annular stator core having an inner circumference opposed to the outer circumference of said rotor core; a plurality of insulating components respectively surrounding a plurality of teeth of said stator core; a plurality of stator windings respectively wound around said plurality of insulating components; a bus ring opposed to one end surface of said rotor core opposite to said engine, said bus ring having an outer circumference engaged with said insulating components; a generator cover mounted on a crankcase of said engine; a rotational angle sensor for detecting a rotational angle of said rotor boss; a sensor magnet provided on one end of said rotor boss so as to be opposed to said rotational angle sensor; and a generated voltage control driver mounted on said bus ring; said stator core being held to said generator cover.