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Patent No.:

US 10090830 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 11, 2016

Switch apparatus

Applicant:

General Electric Technology Gmbh, Baden, CH;

Inventors:

Konstantin Vershinin, Stafford, GB;

Jonathan Nicholls, Derby, GB;

Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH, Baden, CH;

Attorneys:

GE Global Patent Operation

Scott R. Stanley

Primary Examiner:

Thomas Skibinski

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/16 (2006.01); H03K 17/10 (2006.01); H02M 1/088 (2006.01); H02M 1/32 (2007.01); H03K 17/082 (2006.01); H03K 17/689 (2006.01); H01H 33/59 (2006.01); H02M 7/483 (2007.01); H02H 3/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/102 (2013.01); H01H 33/596 (2013.01); H02M 1/088 (2013.01); H02M 1/32 (2013.01); H02M 7/483 (2013.01); H03K 17/0828 (2013.01); H03K 17/107 (2013.01); H03K 17/689 (2013.01); H02H 3/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and methods of breaking a circuit using a switch are disclosed. In an example, a variable voltage is applied across a switch, which comprises a series connection of switching elements which are individually controllable between a blocking state and a conductive state. The state of the switching elements is controlled such that at least a portion of switching elements are in the blocking state, and fewer switching elements are in the blocking state when the applied voltage magnitude is low than when the applied voltage magnitude is high.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Vershinin, Konstantin. (2018). Switch apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 10090830). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10090830

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