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US3209205A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Current supply apparatus

Assignee: North Electric Co
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Filing: 1960-06-07
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Granted: 1965-09-28
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Expires: 1980-06-07
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Everette C Olson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 00:52
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02H; H02H3/00; H02H3/08; H02H3/087

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 128 words
APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING CURRENT TO A LOAD COMPRISING A PAIR OF TRANSISTORS OF THE P-N-P AND N-P-N TYPES RESPECTIVELY, FIRST MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING CURRENT THROUGH A FIRST CIRCUIT COMPRISING THE EMITTER-COLLECTOR PATH OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR AND THE BASE-EMITTER PATH OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR IN SERIES, SECOND MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING CURRENT THROUGH A SECOND CIRCUIT COMPRISING THE EMITTERCOLLECTOR PATH OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR AND THE BASEEMITTER PATH OF THE FIRST TRANSISTOR IN SERIES, AND PATH MEANS INCLUDING THE EMITTER-COLLECTOR PATHS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND TRANSISTORS CONNECTED IN SERIES TO TRANSMIT THE CURRENT FROM A SOURCE TO A LOAD, SAID TRANSISTORS BEING OPERATIVE TO SUBSTANTIALLY INTERRUPT SAID CURRENT FLOW OT SAID LOAD RESPONSIVE TO FLOW OF CURRENT IN EXCESS OF SAID PREDETERMINED AMPLITUDE OVER SAID SERIES EMITTER-COLLECTOR PATHS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 128 words
APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING CURRENT TO A LOAD COMPRISING A PAIR OF TRANSISTORS OF THE P-N-P AND N-P-N TYPES RESPECTIVELY, FIRST MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING CURRENT THROUGH A FIRST CIRCUIT COMPRISING THE EMITTER-COLLECTOR PATH OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR AND THE BASE-EMITTER PATH OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR IN SERIES, SECOND MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING CURRENT THROUGH A SECOND CIRCUIT COMPRISING THE EMITTERCOLLECTOR PATH OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR AND THE BASEEMITTER PATH OF THE FIRST TRANSISTOR IN SERIES, AND PATH MEANS INCLUDING THE EMITTER-COLLECTOR PATHS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND TRANSISTORS CONNECTED IN SERIES TO TRANSMIT THE CURRENT FROM A SOURCE TO A LOAD, SAID TRANSISTORS BEING OPERATIVE TO SUBSTANTIALLY INTERRUPT SAID CURRENT FLOW OT SAID LOAD RESPONSIVE TO FLOW OF CURRENT IN EXCESS OF SAID PREDETERMINED AMPLITUDE OVER SAID SERIES EMITTER-COLLECTOR PATHS.

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