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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:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
May. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin E. LeRow, Lowell, MA (US);
Kevin J. Donegan, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Mary Tolikas, Nahaut, MA (US);
David Eisenhaure, Cohasset, MA (US);
Assignee:
SatCon Technology Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/14 ;
Abstract
A charging system including an alternator, and a controller for controlling the output of the alternator to provide a required output to be in tolerance with a measured load, the controller having at least one temperature sensor, and a temperature control device, wherein the temperature control device calculates the slope of temperature variance over time and, in a state of overtemperature, decreases the value provided to the controller representing the required output.