Franklin Electric Company, Inc.

Vernon Brooks

David Kent Puterbaugh

David F Kowalczyk

Kent J Markley

An electric motor includes a motor casing, a stator assembly, a rotor shaft assembly, first and second end bells, respectively, attached to each end of the motor casing, and an electrical inlet in the motor casing for supplying power to the motor. The motor further includes a first bearing assembly housed in the first end bell and a second bearing assembly housed in the second end bell. Both bearing assemblies and support the rotor shaft assembly and seal the interior of the motor casing from moisture. The motor also includes a heat-conductive solid resin that encapsulates the stator assembly.

Electric motors for washdown, food processing, and chemical applications

Circuits and methods are disclosed for suppressing arcing occurring in switch contacts that includes a triggerable electronic switch in parallel with a series connection of relay switches. The trigger electrode of the triggerable electronic switch is connected to a node between the series connected relay switches, which allows the electronic switch to be turned on to a conducting state when a voltage difference occurs between the node and either of the opposite ends of the switches. The voltage difference arises because of arcing that occurs when the relay switches bounce, typically during opening and closing of the relay switches. The opposite ends of the switches are connected to conduction terminals of the electronic switch, where the electronic switch carries substantially all of the current supplied to a load for a half-cycle or less of an AC current cycle when arcing occurs in the relay switches, thereby bypassing the relay switches and suppressing arcing therein.

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Roanoke, IN, United States of America

Vernon Brooks