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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:
Aug. 21, 2001

Filed:

Dec. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:

Ikuya Aoyama, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 7/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 7/42 ;
Abstract

An electric vehicle control system for controlling an electric vehicle. The electric vehicle control system includes an inverter adapted to receive DC power from an overhead power line for converting the DC power into three-phase AC power, a permanent magnetic synchronous motor connected to receive the three-phase AC power from the inverter for driving the electric vehicle, a control device for generating an opening signal based on a malfunction signal from the inverter or an operating instruction, and an opening device connected to receive the opening signal from the control device for opening the connection between the inverter and the permanent magnetic synchronous motor.


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