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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:
Mar. 16, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin Richard Keegan, Hilton, NY (US);
Daniel Lee Varble, Henrietta, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361156 ; 361159 ;
Abstract
Inductive energy from the coil of an electromagnetic actuator is stored in capacitive network at a relatively high voltage when the actuator is deenergized. When the actuator is energized, the capacitive network is coupled to the coil thereby releasing the stored energy at a high voltage to the coil.