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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:
Aug. 15, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jeffrey D Schwartz, Loveland, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
318778 ; 318782 ; 318800 ;
Abstract
A method for reducing motor start-up current in an electric motor control system. The method first prevents flow of current through the motor while slowly charging a parallel capacitor. Then, the motor control voltage is reduced and current is switched through the motor. The motor control voltage remains reduced until the motor starts turning. After the motor starts turning, the control voltage is slowly increased as the motor accelerates, limiting the current from the power supply.