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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2013
Protean Electric Limited, Surrey, GB;
Richard Thomas Burke, Hook, GB;
PROTEAN ELECTRIC LIMITED, , GB;
Abstract
A control unit for identifying a fault in an electric motor or generator, the control unit comprising means for measuring a value of a first parameter associated with the operation of the electric motor or generator; means for increasing a counter value if the difference between the measured first parameter value or a value derived from the measured value and a second value is greater than a first predetermined value; means for decreasing the counter value if the difference between the measured first parameter value and the second value is less than the first predetermined value; and means for generating a signal indicative of a fault if the counter value exceeds a second predetermined value.