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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2000
Arno Karwath, Rottweil, DE;
Jörg Hornberger, Dornstetten, DE;
Frank Jeske, St. Georgen, DE;
Hermann Rappenecker, Vöhrenbach, DE;
Hansjörg Kaltenbrunner, VS-Pfaffenweiler, DE;
ebm-papst St. Georgen GmbH & Co. KG, St. Georgen, DE;
Abstract
An arrangement having an electric motor ( ) has a microcontroller ( ) for influencing at least one motor function and a nonvolatile storage element ( ) for storing at least one variable as a definition for that motor function. The arrangement also has an interface ( ) for a data line ( ) for transferring the at least one variable, in particular a current limiting value (I ) from or to a storage element ( ) by way of the microcontroller ( ), and optionally by way of an internal data bus ( ). The invention also relates to use of the device in the context of batteries of fans, and program-controlled current limitation for startup of an electric motor ( ).