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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001

Filed:

Aug. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:

Christian Hoffmann, Regensburg, DE;

Richard Wimmer, Parnkofen, DE;

Achim Koch, Tegernheim, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 4/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 4/704 ;
Abstract

A control device includes a magnetic actuator, a final control element, a regulating unit and a measuring device. The magnetic actuator has a coil, a core, and an armature. The actuator is connected to the final control element. The measuring device determines an inductance value L of the coil and generates, as a function of the inductance value L, a first control signal by which a theoretical value of the amplitude of the current through the coil is changed to a holding value. When a pulse signal P is present, the current through the coil is regulated to the theoretical value by the regulating unit.


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