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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:
Aug. 24, 1982
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
William W Billings, Lima, OH (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340644 ; 307350 ; 307363 ; 324133 ; 340663 ; 340664 ;
Abstract
A solid-state power controller in combination with a solid-state indication circuit is reminded for exhibiting OFF status using a depletion mode field effect transistor that permits an active signal to appear at its source and drain terminals when its gate, coupled to the power controller, is not energized. Such OFF indication circuitry is also combined with solid state ON indication circuitry using a device such as a bipolar transistor to exhibit an output when its base, coupled to the power controller, is supplied a signal.