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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. 15, 1985
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
August L Streater, Bluffton, IN (US);
Daniel T Dwyer, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
Franklin Electric Co., Inc., Bluffton, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
363 37 ; 363101 ; 318801 ; 323906 ;
Abstract
This disclosure relates to an electrical power transfer system for matching a load to a DC source such as a solar array. The system tracks the power output of the source under varying operating conditions and matches the load to the source to maintain peak power conditions. The system senses the voltage and the current of the source, incrementally changes the volt-ampere operating point of the source and thereby changes its incremental resistance, and adjusts the load to the level where the ratio of the DC source voltage to the DC source current is substantially equal to the incremental resistance.