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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:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ghislain Durif, Meylan, FR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/00 ;
Abstract
The control device comprises a holding coil, an electronic switch and a power supply circuit connected in series to the terminals of a supply voltage of the coil. A circuit for measuring the holding current is connected in parallel with the power supply circuit and comprises in series an additional electronic switch and a measuring resistor. The power supply circuit is thus supplied by the holding current flowing in the coil and the additional electronic switch is periodically closed to measure the holding current which is regulated by a microprocessor-based circuit controlling the two electronic switches.