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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2012
Enrique Ledezma, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas Keister, Georgetown, TX (US);
Mehdi Abolhassani, Austin, TX (US);
Ryan Edwards, Round Rock, TX (US);
Alex Skorcz, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Randall Pipho, Leander, TX (US);
Srinivas Satumahanti, Austin, TX (US);
Enrique Ledezma, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas Keister, Georgetown, TX (US);
Mehdi Abolhassani, Austin, TX (US);
Ryan Edwards, Round Rock, TX (US);
Alex Skorcz, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Randall Pipho, Leander, TX (US);
Srinivas Satumahanti, Austin, TX (US);
TECO-Westinghouse Motor Company, Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a power cell chamber for a drive system includes moveable and fixed portions. The moveable portion includes a rectifier stage to rectify an input signal received from a secondary winding of a transformer to provide a rectified signal and an inverter stage having a plurality of switching devices to receive a DC signal and output an AC signal. This moveable portion can be slidably adapted within a cabinet of the drive system. In turn, the fixed portion includes a DC link having at least one capacitor to receive the rectified signal and provide the DC signal to the inverter stage.