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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:
Apr. 04, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Denis A Mueller, Asheville, NC (US);
Gary F Saletta, Penn Township, Westmoreland County, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361 25 ; 361103 ; 364483 ; 34082506 ;
Abstract
A bidirectional motor has two electromagnetic contactors, one for forward, the other for reverse operation. Thermal protection is provided by a thermal image generator and a thermal protection unit in each contactor operating in tandem via a bidirectional line of communication keeping the thermal images in parallelism by one active contactor 'talking' to the inactive contactor, the 'listener'.