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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. 21, 1995
Filed:
May. 25, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
318778 ; 318471 ; 318445 ; 318727 ; 318783 ; 318788 ;
Abstract
A circuit for starting a single-phase AC induction motor 11 having a main winding 12 and an auxiliary winding 13, which is so constructed that a PTC element 16 and a triac 17 are connected in series with the auxiliary winding 13 and a gate voltage of the triac 17 is reduced to turn a portion between main terminals of the triac 17 off after a predetermined time period has elapsed since the motor 11 was started, and can effectively lower the power consumption without degrading starting characteristics and can shorten return time required until the motor 11 is restarted and lengthen the life of the PTC element 16.