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Inverter having a single selfcommutating thyristor

Assignee: Jefferson Electric Co
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Filing: 1963-07-12
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Granted: 1967-02-28
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Expires: 1983-07-12
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Jr Andrew Byron Elliott

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 19:11
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02M; H02M7/00; H02M7/42; H02M7/44; H02M7/48; H02M7/505; H02M7/515; H02M7/523; H05; H05B; H05B41/00; H05B41/14; H05B41/26; H05B41/28; H05B41/282; Y; Y02; Y02B; Y02B20/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 163 words
AN INVERTER COMPRISING A TRANSFORMER HAVING A PRIMARY WINDING AND A SECONDARY WINDING, SAID PRIMARY WINDING HAVING A FIRST END, A SECONE END, AND AN INTERMEDIATE TAP, A POSITIVE D.C. LEAD CONNECTED TO SAID INTERMEDIATE TAP, A NEGATIVE D.C. LEAD CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST END, SAID POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE LEADS HAVING TERMINALS FOR CONNECTION TO A D.C. SOURCE, AN SCR INTERPOSED IN SAID NEGATIVE LEAD BETWEEN SAID NEGATIVE TERMINAL AND SAID FIRST END, A JUNCTION POINT LOCATED IN SAID NEGATIVE LEAD BETWEEN SAID SCR AND SAID FIRST END, A CONDENSER CONNECTED ACROSS SAID PRIMARY WINDING BETWEEN SAID JUNCTION POINT AND SAID SECOND END, SAID SECOND END BEING CONNECTED TO SAID NEGATIVE TERMINAL ONLY THROUGH SAID CONDENSER AND SAID SCR, AND A TRIGGER DEVICE CONNECTED TO THE GATE OF SAID SCR WHEREBY A SERIES OF PULSES APPLIED BY SAID TRIGGER DEVICE TO SAID GATE WILL CAUSE A PULSATING CURRENT TO TRAVERSE SAID PRIMARY WINDING AND WILL INDUCE AN ALTERNATING CURRENT IN SAID SECONDARY WINDING.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 163 words
AN INVERTER COMPRISING A TRANSFORMER HAVING A PRIMARY WINDING AND A SECONDARY WINDING, SAID PRIMARY WINDING HAVING A FIRST END, A SECONE END, AND AN INTERMEDIATE TAP, A POSITIVE D.C. LEAD CONNECTED TO SAID INTERMEDIATE TAP, A NEGATIVE D.C. LEAD CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST END, SAID POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE LEADS HAVING TERMINALS FOR CONNECTION TO A D.C. SOURCE, AN SCR INTERPOSED IN SAID NEGATIVE LEAD BETWEEN SAID NEGATIVE TERMINAL AND SAID FIRST END, A JUNCTION POINT LOCATED IN SAID NEGATIVE LEAD BETWEEN SAID SCR AND SAID FIRST END, A CONDENSER CONNECTED ACROSS SAID PRIMARY WINDING BETWEEN SAID JUNCTION POINT AND SAID SECOND END, SAID SECOND END BEING CONNECTED TO SAID NEGATIVE TERMINAL ONLY THROUGH SAID CONDENSER AND SAID SCR, AND A TRIGGER DEVICE CONNECTED TO THE GATE OF SAID SCR WHEREBY A SERIES OF PULSES APPLIED BY SAID TRIGGER DEVICE TO SAID GATE WILL CAUSE A PULSATING CURRENT TO TRAVERSE SAID PRIMARY WINDING AND WILL INDUCE AN ALTERNATING CURRENT IN SAID SECONDARY WINDING.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1970-02-27 1970-08-29 1971-02-28 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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11.5 Years (Year 12) 1978-02-27 1978-08-29 1979-02-28 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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