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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2006
Albert Keith Pant, Carlisle, OH (US);
Brian Thomas Branecky, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
William L. Mehlhorn, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Andrew W. Phillips, Columbia, SC (US);
Albert Keith Pant, Carlisle, OH (US);
Brian Thomas Branecky, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
William L. Mehlhorn, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Andrew W. Phillips, Columbia, SC (US);
A. O. Smith Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A method of and apparatus for controlling an electric machine. The method can include using a controller to detect whether power is present at a first node of the controller, detect whether power is present at a second node of the controller, generate at least one signal based at least in part on the detection, and energize the electric machine using a detected power when the at least one signal indicates power is present at at least one of the first node, the second node, and a combination of the first node and the second node.