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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. 28, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald E Janke, Benton Township, Berrien County, MI (US);
Joseph M Szynal, Laporte, IN (US);
Ronald W Guess, Scott Township, Vanderburgh County, IN (US);
Greg A Bradley, Evansville, IN (US);
Randall L Carnal, Center Township, Vanderburgh County, IN (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361155 ; 361194 ; 62155 ;
Abstract
A method of energizing a relay comprising the steps of applying an energization signal to the relay having a voltage in excess of a rated voltage of the relay and then allowing the energization voltage to rapidly decay to a level within the rated voltage of the relay.