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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2011
Allan Pierre Barauna, Vernon, FR;
Allan Pierre Barauna, Vernon, FR;
Schneider Toshiba Inverter Europe SAS, Pacy sur Eure, FR;
Abstract
A variable-speed drive including: a DC power supply bus including a positive line and a negative line; a bus capacitor connected between the positive line and the negative line of the DC power supply bus; an inverter module supplied with power by the DC power supply bus and controlled to provide a variable voltage to an electrical load; a first switching branch connected between the positive line and the negative line of the bus and including at least one first electronic switch; and a first module including a braking resistor, or a second module including a mechanism for storing and regenerating electrical energy generated during braking of the electrical load, wherein the first module and the second module are removable and interchangeable.