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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:
Mar. 30, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen J Morey, Peoria, IL (US);
Joseph G Kozlevcar, Peoria, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ; H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361154 ; 361191 ; 361776 ; 307 40 ; 174254 ;
Abstract
A generic solenoid driver circuit and circuit board may be used in a plurality of application specific driver circuits. The circuit board includes a plurality of binary driver circuit locations, proportional circuit locations, and jumper locations. Electrical components are inserted at those locations needed for the circuit to perform the functions of the specific application. Microprocessor controlled switches may be substituted for the jumper locations so that the solenoid driver circuit configuration may be software controlled.