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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2012
Applicant:
Beat Arnet, Winchester, MA (US);
Inventor:
Beat Arnet, Winchester, MA (US);
Assignee:
GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC, Albany, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/5387 (2007.01); H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H03K 17/20 (2006.01); H03K 17/689 (2006.01); H01H 31/10 (2006.01); H03K 17/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/5387 (2013.01); H02M 1/08 (2013.01); H03K 17/20 (2013.01); H03K 17/689 (2013.01); H03K 17/78 (2013.01);
Abstract
Controlling power switches with a programmable gate controller system proximate associated power switches and remote from the central controller including sensing at least one predetermined condition local to the associated power switches; reporting the sensed conditions to the remote programmable gate controller system; developing, in response to the sensed condition at least one control signal in the remote programmable gate controller system; and applying the control signal to the associated power switches.