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Fast response overload protection circuit

Assignee: General Electric Co
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Filing: 1962-10-04
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Granted: 1965-11-02
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Expires: 1982-10-04
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Donald P Shattuck
  • 👤 Chowdhuri Pritindra
  • 👤 Donald K Bisson

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 18:33
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03K; H03K17/00; H03K17/51; H03K17/56; H03K17/72; H03K17/73; H02; H02H; H02H3/00; H02H3/02; H02H3/021; H02H3/023; H02H3/08; H02H3/087; H02H7/00; H02H7/10; H02H7/12; H02H7/122; H02H7/1227; H01; H01H; H01H85/00; H01H85/02; H01H85/46; H01H2085/466

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 186 words
A FAST RESPONSE OVERLOAD PROTECTION CIRCUIT INCLUDING IN COMBINATION SENSING MEANS COMPRISING A RESISTOR OPRATIVELY COUPLED IN SERIES CIRCUIT RELATIONSHIP WITH A LOAD TO BE PROTECTED ACROSS A SOURCE OF ELECTRIC POTENTIAL A GATING SIGNAL SOURCE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF GATING PULSE GENERATORS EACH OPERATIVELY COUPLED ACROSS SAID SENSING RESISTOR, A FIRST SET OF PULSE TRANSFORMERS EACH HAVING ITS PRIMARY WINDING COUPLED ACROSS A RESPECTIVE ASSOCIATED GATING PULSE GENERATOR, A MASTER GATE CONTROLLED SOLID STATE CONDUCTING DEVICE HAVING ITS GATING ELECTRODE OPERATIVELY COUPLED TO THE SECONDARY WINDINGS OF EACH OF SAID FIRST PULSE TRANSFORMERS, A SECOND PULSE TRANSFORMER HAVING A PRIMARY WINDING AND APLURALITY OF SECONDARY WINDINGS WITH THE PRIMARY WINDING BEING COUPLED ACROSS THE MASTER GATE CONTROLLED SOLID STATE CONDUCTING DEVICE, AND A PLURALITY OF SHORT CIRCUITING GATE CONTROLLED SOLID STATE CONDUCTING DEVICES CONNECTED IN PARALLEL CIRCUIT RELATIONSHIP DIRECTLY ACROSS THE SOURCE OF ELECTRIC POTENTIAL WITH THE GATING ELECTRODES OF THE SHORT CIRCUIT GATE CONTROLLED SOLID STATE CONDUCTING DEVICES BEING CONNECTED TO A RESPECTIVE SECONDARY WINDING OF SAID SECOND PULSE TRANSFORMER FOR SHORT CIRCUITING THE SOURCE PULSE POTENTIAL IN THE EVENT OF A OVERLOAD CONDITION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 186 words
A FAST RESPONSE OVERLOAD PROTECTION CIRCUIT INCLUDING IN COMBINATION SENSING MEANS COMPRISING A RESISTOR OPRATIVELY COUPLED IN SERIES CIRCUIT RELATIONSHIP WITH A LOAD TO BE PROTECTED ACROSS A SOURCE OF ELECTRIC POTENTIAL A GATING SIGNAL SOURCE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF GATING PULSE GENERATORS EACH OPERATIVELY COUPLED ACROSS SAID SENSING RESISTOR, A FIRST SET OF PULSE TRANSFORMERS EACH HAVING ITS PRIMARY WINDING COUPLED ACROSS A RESPECTIVE ASSOCIATED GATING PULSE GENERATOR, A MASTER GATE CONTROLLED SOLID STATE CONDUCTING DEVICE HAVING ITS GATING ELECTRODE OPERATIVELY COUPLED TO THE SECONDARY WINDINGS OF EACH OF SAID FIRST PULSE TRANSFORMERS, A SECOND PULSE TRANSFORMER HAVING A PRIMARY WINDING AND APLURALITY OF SECONDARY WINDINGS WITH THE PRIMARY WINDING BEING COUPLED ACROSS THE MASTER GATE CONTROLLED SOLID STATE CONDUCTING DEVICE, AND A PLURALITY OF SHORT CIRCUITING GATE CONTROLLED SOLID STATE CONDUCTING DEVICES CONNECTED IN PARALLEL CIRCUIT RELATIONSHIP DIRECTLY ACROSS THE SOURCE OF ELECTRIC POTENTIAL WITH THE GATING ELECTRODES OF THE SHORT CIRCUIT GATE CONTROLLED SOLID STATE CONDUCTING DEVICES BEING CONNECTED TO A RESPECTIVE SECONDARY WINDING OF SAID SECOND PULSE TRANSFORMER FOR SHORT CIRCUITING THE SOURCE PULSE POTENTIAL IN THE EVENT OF A OVERLOAD CONDITION.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

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11.5 Years (Year 12) 1976-11-01 1977-05-03 1977-11-02 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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