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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1998
Shinichi Ohi, Konan, JP;
Hiroshi Ohsawa, Konan, JP;
Kazuyoshi Horiuchi, Konan, JP;
Kouji Ando, Konan, JP;
Zexel Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to protect a brushless motor, heat generated at a switching device, in response to an abnormality, activates a protection device. The protection device includes a connecting line communicating between a source supply line and the switching device. The protection device is provided near the switching device such that it can sense heat at the switching device with a high degree of sensitivity. Thus, when excessive heat is generated at the switching device, the protection device reaches a specific temperature, whereby the source supply line becomes cut off from the switching device, thereby immediately stopping the operation of the brushless motor.