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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert A Morris, Burlington, CT (US);
Samir Chreim, Plainville, CT (US);
Charles S Pitzen, Farmington, CT (US);
Richard Fischer, Bloomington, IL (US);
Jose Munoz, Barcelona, ES;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
318445 ; 318472 ;
Abstract
A motor controller unit includes an operating program that controllably responds to manual motor start and stop commands for protection of the semiconductor switches connected with each phase of a multi-phase electric motor. Upon receipt of a start command, a determination is made as to whether the measured time lapse between a previous stop command is less than a predetermnined time delay period.