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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 1977
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
John W Stewart, Wichita, KS (US);
Assignee:
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361152 ; 361191 ;
Abstract
A driver circuit for limiting the magnitude of current flowing through a solenoid wherein the level of the current flowing through the solenoid is sensed and fed back to a driving switch. A level of current above a set level cuts off the drive voltage allowing the current in the solenoid to decay. A timing means fixes the time that the driving switch is off. During off times a conserving voltage is applied to the solenoid to prevent the rapid decay of the solenoid current.