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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. 29, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K / ; H01H / ; H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
310 / ; 310 / ; 200 / ; 200 814 ; 200 501 ;
Abstract
An air switch assembly for an electric motor including a first snap action switch, a second snap action switch, and an actuator, is described. The first snap action switch is connected to the motor start winding and the second snap action switch is connected to the run winding. An actuator is positioned within the air switch assembly such that the air switch energizes the start winding, energizes the run winding, and de-energizes the start winding while maintaining the run winding energized when the actuator is actuated from an initial position to a final position.