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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Simon Turvey, Birmingham, GB;
Assignee:
Lucas Industries Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/00 ;
Abstract
Solid state switching devices, such as power IGBT's, are used to switch a load from one AC generator to another. The switching is controlled to occur only when the phase and voltage of the two generator outputs are within acceptable limited, thus minimizing voltage and current transients.