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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:
Nov. 10, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
William J Roberts, Toledo, OH (US);
Assignee:
Allied Corporation, , NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361-6 ; 361-2 ;
Abstract
A bias control circuit controlling the power transistor Q2 in a transistor amplifier circuit for supressing the arc formed across the contacts 12, 14, 16 in a glow plug controller 10 for diesel engines. The bias circuit generates a load line for the contacts 12, 14, 16 which has a high voltage, low current portion and a high current, low voltage portion. The arc is formed when the contact 14, which may be slow operating, is required to break a high current, high voltage line.