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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
May. 31, 2021
Ats Corporation, Cambridge, CA;
John Leo Ditner, Cambridge, CA;
Albert Kleinikkink, Cambridge, CA;
ATS CORPORATION, Cambridge, CA;
Abstract
A control system for an electric motor in a manufacturing environment, the control system including: a safety relay; and a power reduction circuit, wherein, when the safety relay is triggered, the power reduction circuit automatically limits the power supplied to the electric motor from a main power source such that the electric motor operates in a predetermined safe mode. A method for controlling an electric motor in a manufacturing system, the electric motor having a main power supply, the method including: monitoring the manufacturing system associated with the electric motor for a change in condition; on detecting a change in condition: limiting a power supplied to the electric motor, via a power reduction circuit, such that the electric motor operates in a predetermined safe mode. The power reduction circuit includes a reduced power supply and a means of dropping the power supplied to the electric motor quickly.