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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:
Feb. 01, 1983
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth M Kaufmann, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Pako Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
318341 ; 318318 ; 318327 ; 318329 ; 3183 / ;
Abstract
A pulse width modulation (PWM) speed control for a DC electric motor includes an encoder for providing encoder pulses in reponse to incremental rotation of a shaft driven by the motor. A timer senses a time period between encoder pulses. After three consecutive sensed time periods, a microcomputer compares the sensed time periods with a desired time period corresponding to a desired motor speed, and provides a digital value which is a function of the comparison of the sensed and desired time periods. The ditigal value is supplied to a timer, which applies an energizing pulse to the DC motor for an interval which is a function of the digital value.