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US3118115A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Paralleled semiconductor inverter power supply

Assignee: Honeywell Inc
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Filing: 1959-11-20
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Granted: 1964-01-14
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Expires: 1979-11-20
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Jensen James Lee

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 23:24
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02M; H02M7/00; H02M7/42; H02M7/44; H02M7/48; H02M7/53; H02M7/537; H02M7/5383; H02M7/53832; H02M7/53835

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 200 words
APPARATUS FOR INCREASING THE POWER HANDLING CAPABILITIES OF AN OSCILLATORY TYPE CIRCUIT COMPRISING: OUTPUT MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF INPUT TERMINALS, INVERTER MEANS COMPRISING A FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITY OF TRANSISTORS EACH HAVING A PAIR OF OUTPUT ELECTRODES AND AN INPUT ELECTRODE; DIRECT CURRENT CIRCUIT ENERGIZING MEANS; CIRCUIT MEANS INCLUDING SAID OUTPUT MEANS INPUT TERMINALS CONNECTING A FIRST TERMINAL OF SAID ENERGIZING MEANS TO THE FIRST OF SAID PAIR OF OUTPUT ELECTRODES ON SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITY OF TRANSISTORS; A PLURALITY OF TRANSFORMER MEANS EACH HAVING AN INPUT WINDING AND A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT WINDINGS; CIRCUIT MEANS INCLUDING SAID INPUT WINDINGS CONNECTING A SECOND TERMINAL OF SAID ENERGIZING MEANS TO THE SECOND OF SAID PAIR OF OUTPUT ELECTRODES ON SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITY OF TRANSSISTORS; AND CIRCUIT MEANS INCLUDING SAID PLURALITY OF OUTPUT WINDINGS CONNECTING SAID SECOND TERMINAL OF SAID ENERGIZING MEANS TO SAID INPUT ELECTRODES ON SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITY OF TRANSISTORS SUCH THAT SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITY OF TRANSISTORS ARE ALTERNATELY DRIVEN FROM A SUBSTANTIALLY NONCONDUCTING STATE TO A RELATIVELY HIGHLY CONDUCTIVE STATE AND ARE FORCED TO SHARE EQUALLY THE TOTAL LOAD CURRENT FLOWING THROUGH SAID HIGHLY CONDUCTIVE ONES OF SAID PLURALITY OF TRANSISTORS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 200 words
APPARATUS FOR INCREASING THE POWER HANDLING CAPABILITIES OF AN OSCILLATORY TYPE CIRCUIT COMPRISING: OUTPUT MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF INPUT TERMINALS, INVERTER MEANS COMPRISING A FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITY OF TRANSISTORS EACH HAVING A PAIR OF OUTPUT ELECTRODES AND AN INPUT ELECTRODE; DIRECT CURRENT CIRCUIT ENERGIZING MEANS; CIRCUIT MEANS INCLUDING SAID OUTPUT MEANS INPUT TERMINALS CONNECTING A FIRST TERMINAL OF SAID ENERGIZING MEANS TO THE FIRST OF SAID PAIR OF OUTPUT ELECTRODES ON SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITY OF TRANSISTORS; A PLURALITY OF TRANSFORMER MEANS EACH HAVING AN INPUT WINDING AND A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT WINDINGS; CIRCUIT MEANS INCLUDING SAID INPUT WINDINGS CONNECTING A SECOND TERMINAL OF SAID ENERGIZING MEANS TO THE SECOND OF SAID PAIR OF OUTPUT ELECTRODES ON SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITY OF TRANSSISTORS; AND CIRCUIT MEANS INCLUDING SAID PLURALITY OF OUTPUT WINDINGS CONNECTING SAID SECOND TERMINAL OF SAID ENERGIZING MEANS TO SAID INPUT ELECTRODES ON SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITY OF TRANSISTORS SUCH THAT SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITY OF TRANSISTORS ARE ALTERNATELY DRIVEN FROM A SUBSTANTIALLY NONCONDUCTING STATE TO A RELATIVELY HIGHLY CONDUCTIVE STATE AND ARE FORCED TO SHARE EQUALLY THE TOTAL LOAD CURRENT FLOWING THROUGH SAID HIGHLY CONDUCTIVE ONES OF SAID PLURALITY OF TRANSISTORS.

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