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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:
Sep. 28, 1982
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
James H Franz, Jr, Murrysville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
318370 ; 318376 ; 318269 ;
Abstract
The electric braking of a passenger vehicle is described, wherein the current generated by the propulsion motor in the brake mode of operation is distributed between the power supply line and a dynamic brake resistor circuit in response to the filter capacitor voltage, and with the operation of the dynamic brake resistor circuit being controlled relative to the chopper thyristor with a predetermined frequency of operation.