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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:
Mar. 23, 1982
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1980
Michael S Adler, Schenectady, NY (US);
Paul G Huber, Pawtucket, RI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Apparatus facilitating the switching and control of the power consumption level of at least one power-consuming load remotely located from a central facility. Load switching and power-consumption control commands are sent from the central facility to each of the remote locations to provide an analog signal having a programmable amplitude or programmable pulse-width thereof to an intelligent load control and switching circuit. The load control and switching circuit not only controls the coupling of a power source to a power-consuming load, but also controls the portion of the source waveform cycle during which the load is coupled to the source, to control the average power consumption thereof. Several embodiments of load control and switching circuitry, as well as power supplies for providing operating potential thereto, are disclosed.