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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Merkle-korff Industries, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Inventors:
Robert Hollenbeck, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Bruce Ley, Ossian, IN (US);
Trevor Perdue, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Bart Long, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Justin Mumaw, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
Merkle-Korff Industries, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 1/00 (2006.01); H02P 6/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 6/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electric motor has a control circuit that enables an operational speed of the electric motor to be selected with reference to multiple ranges of speeds and the input voltage to the motor. Switching between speed ranges occurs in response to activation of a switch or in response to expiration of a time period set by a selector switch.