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US3226628A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Alternating current voltage/current regulated power supply

Assignee: Forbro Design Corp
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Filing: 1963-02-04
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Granted: 1965-12-28
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Expires: 1983-02-04
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Kupferberg Kenneth
  • 👤 Ash Jaime

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 07:45
CPC Classifications
G; G05; G05F; G05F1/00; G05F1/10; G05F1/12; G05F1/24; G05F1/247

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 212 words
IN AN ALTERNATING CURRENT WIDE RANGE VOLTAGE REGULATOR, THE COMBINATION OF; AN INPUT CIRCUIT, AN OUTPUT CIRCUIT, TWO PHASE MOTOR CONTROLLED VOLTAGE CHANGING MEANS COUPLED BETWEEN SAID INPUT CIRCUIT AND SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT FOR VARYING THE TRANSFER OF VOLTAGE FROM SAID INPUT TO SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT, RECTIFYING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT FOR PROVIDING DIRECT CURRENT VOLTAGE PROPORTIONAL TO THE ALTERNATING CURRENT VOLTAGE ACROSS SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT, A VOLTAGE COMPARISON BRIDGE INCLUDING SAID DIRECT CURRENT VOLTAGE IN ONE OF ITS ARMS AND A WIDE RANGE ADJUSTABLE REFERENCE VOLTAGE IN ANOTHER OF ITS ARMS FOR COMPARING SAID DIRECT CURRENT VOLTAGE WITH SAID REFERENCE VOLTAGE AND TO PROVIDE AN ERROR SIGNAL SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THEIR DIFFERENCE, AN AMPLIFIER COUPLED TO SAID BRIDGE FOR AMPLYIFYING SAID ERROR SIGNAL, A PHASE SPLITTING CIRCUIT COUPLED TO SAID AMPLIFIER TO RECEIVE SAID AMPLIFIED ERROR SIGNAL FOR PROVIDING A TWO PHASE SIGNAL IN RESPONSE TO SAID AMPLIFIED ERROR SIGNAL, AND ALTERNATING CURRENT PHASE CONTROL MEANS COUPLED BETWEEN SAID PHASE SPLITTING CIRCUIT AND SAID MOTOR FOR CONTROLLING SAID MOTOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID PHASE SPLIT AMPLIFIED ERROR SIGNAL TO CONTROL SAID MOTOR WHEREBY THE TRANSFER OF VOLTAGE FROM SAID INPUT CIRCUIT TO SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT IS CONTROLLED IN A MANNER TO TEND TO REDUCE SAID ERROR SIGNAL TOWARD ZERO.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 212 words
IN AN ALTERNATING CURRENT WIDE RANGE VOLTAGE REGULATOR, THE COMBINATION OF; AN INPUT CIRCUIT, AN OUTPUT CIRCUIT, TWO PHASE MOTOR CONTROLLED VOLTAGE CHANGING MEANS COUPLED BETWEEN SAID INPUT CIRCUIT AND SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT FOR VARYING THE TRANSFER OF VOLTAGE FROM SAID INPUT TO SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT, RECTIFYING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT FOR PROVIDING DIRECT CURRENT VOLTAGE PROPORTIONAL TO THE ALTERNATING CURRENT VOLTAGE ACROSS SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT, A VOLTAGE COMPARISON BRIDGE INCLUDING SAID DIRECT CURRENT VOLTAGE IN ONE OF ITS ARMS AND A WIDE RANGE ADJUSTABLE REFERENCE VOLTAGE IN ANOTHER OF ITS ARMS FOR COMPARING SAID DIRECT CURRENT VOLTAGE WITH SAID REFERENCE VOLTAGE AND TO PROVIDE AN ERROR SIGNAL SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THEIR DIFFERENCE, AN AMPLIFIER COUPLED TO SAID BRIDGE FOR AMPLYIFYING SAID ERROR SIGNAL, A PHASE SPLITTING CIRCUIT COUPLED TO SAID AMPLIFIER TO RECEIVE SAID AMPLIFIED ERROR SIGNAL FOR PROVIDING A TWO PHASE SIGNAL IN RESPONSE TO SAID AMPLIFIED ERROR SIGNAL, AND ALTERNATING CURRENT PHASE CONTROL MEANS COUPLED BETWEEN SAID PHASE SPLITTING CIRCUIT AND SAID MOTOR FOR CONTROLLING SAID MOTOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID PHASE SPLIT AMPLIFIED ERROR SIGNAL TO CONTROL SAID MOTOR WHEREBY THE TRANSFER OF VOLTAGE FROM SAID INPUT CIRCUIT TO SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT IS CONTROLLED IN A MANNER TO TEND TO REDUCE SAID ERROR SIGNAL TOWARD ZERO.

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