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US3284688A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

D.-c. current regulator including a high gain saturating amplifier

Assignee: General Electric Co
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Filing: 1965-07-27
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Granted: 1966-11-08
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Expires: 1985-07-27
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Kenneth G Black

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 07:04
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02P; H02P7/00; H02P7/06; H02P7/18; H02P7/24; H02P7/28; H02P7/285; H02P7/292; H02P7/293; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S388/00; Y10S388/90; Y10S388/903; Y10S388/907; Y10S388/913; Y10S388/917

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 150 words
A D.-C. POWER CIRCUIT FOR A LOAD COMPRISING, A RECTIFIER, MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID RECTIFIER TO SAID LOAD, A SATURATING REACTOR HAVING A CORE, MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID SATURATING REACTOR BETWEEN SAID RECTIFIER AND SAID LOAD TO PROVIDE AN INDUCTANCE AT LOW CURRENT LOADS, MEANS FOR SENSING THE CURRENT BETWEEN SAID RECTIFIER AND THE LOAD AND FOR DEVELOPING A SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO RECTIFIER CURRENT THEREFROM, A REGULATOR FOR CONTROLLING THE CURRENT FROM SAID RECTIFIER TO THE LOAD, MEANS FOR APPLYING THE SIGNAL DEVELOPED BY SAID SENSING MEANS TO SAID REGULATOR TO STABILIZE SAID REGULATOR, A WINDING AROUND THE CORE OF SAID SATURATING REACTOR ADAPTED TO PRODUCE A SIGNAL AT LOW CURRENT FLOW PROPORTIONAL TO THE RATE OF CHANGE OF RECTIFIER CURRENT AND THE LOAD CIRCUIT INDUCTANCE, AND MEANS FOR APPLYING THE SIGNAL PRODUCED BY SAID WINDING AROUND THE CORE OF SAID SATURATING REACTOR TO SAID REGULATOR TO STABILIZE THE REGULATOR.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 150 words
A D.-C. POWER CIRCUIT FOR A LOAD COMPRISING, A RECTIFIER, MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID RECTIFIER TO SAID LOAD, A SATURATING REACTOR HAVING A CORE, MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID SATURATING REACTOR BETWEEN SAID RECTIFIER AND SAID LOAD TO PROVIDE AN INDUCTANCE AT LOW CURRENT LOADS, MEANS FOR SENSING THE CURRENT BETWEEN SAID RECTIFIER AND THE LOAD AND FOR DEVELOPING A SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO RECTIFIER CURRENT THEREFROM, A REGULATOR FOR CONTROLLING THE CURRENT FROM SAID RECTIFIER TO THE LOAD, MEANS FOR APPLYING THE SIGNAL DEVELOPED BY SAID SENSING MEANS TO SAID REGULATOR TO STABILIZE SAID REGULATOR, A WINDING AROUND THE CORE OF SAID SATURATING REACTOR ADAPTED TO PRODUCE A SIGNAL AT LOW CURRENT FLOW PROPORTIONAL TO THE RATE OF CHANGE OF RECTIFIER CURRENT AND THE LOAD CIRCUIT INDUCTANCE, AND MEANS FOR APPLYING THE SIGNAL PRODUCED BY SAID WINDING AROUND THE CORE OF SAID SATURATING REACTOR TO SAID REGULATOR TO STABILIZE THE REGULATOR.

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