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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:
Jan. 06, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark E Innes, Asheville, NC (US);
Gregory A Helton, Asheville, NC (US);
Ralph Rosa, Whitefish Bay, WI (US);
Lee E Smith, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361 31 ; 361 87 ; 361 93 ; 361102 ; 364483 ;
Abstract
A motor starter includes separable contacts; an operating mechanism for operating the separable contacts; an overload relay controller including a memory for storing the settings for a plurality of selectable operating features, and a microprocessor for retrieving the settings from the memory and employing the settings at least for controlling the operating mechanism; and a programmer module temporarily engaging the overload relay controller for changing the settings in the memory.