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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:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph M Maurio, Waterford, CT (US);
Edgar S Thaxton, Bradford, RI (US);
Assignee:
Electric Boat Corporation, Groton, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307117 ; 136201 ; 136203 ;
Abstract
In the embodiments disclosed in the specification, a thermoelectric generator is provided in a layer between a heat transfer plate and a plurality of power electronic switches and the voltage generated by the thermoelectric generator is used to control switching of the switches. When the voltage generated by the thermoelectric generator is insufficient to control the switches, power source is taken from the power to be controlled by the switches and stepped down for use in controlling the switches.