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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2008
Yoichi Sakuma, Nagoya, JP;
Yoichi Sakuma, Nagoya, JP;
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A motor control device operable to rotate a motor based on an actuated direction of an operation knob of an operation switch in a direction corresponding to the actuated direction has direction selector switches provided corresponding to respective actuated directions of the operation knob, and open/close elements provided between the direction selector switches and a power supply. Each of the open/close elements is turned on when a control current is supplied thereto. When the operation knob is actuated, the direction selector switch corresponding to the actuated direction is turned on, a control current is supplied from the power supply to the open/close element connected to the relevant switch, and the predetermined open/close element is turned on. A drive current that flows from the power supply into the motor through a current carrying path of the open/close element is controlled according to a ON/OFF status of each of the open/close elements.