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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:
Jan. 25, 1983
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
James H Franz, Jr, Murrysville, PA (US);
Stanley W Jones, McMurray, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
318523 ; 318251 ; 318252 ; 318529 ;
Abstract
A field shunt operation for a chopper controlled series DC propulsion motor in the power mode is provided in response to a desired torque request, when a predicted value of the resulting shunt field motor current is determined to be no greater than the known commutation current limit of the chopper.