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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2006
Applicant:
Bruce M. Cook, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventor:
Bruce M. Cook, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Co., LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solid state reversing AC motor starter that employs a DC power source and a power bridge employing insulated gate bipolar transistors that provide an ungrounded three phase AC output. The AC output is connected to the power input of the motor starter, which requires simultaneous RUN and Directional Commands to initiate valve actuation.