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US3739291A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Half-wave bridge type magnetic amplifier

Assignee: Unisys Corp
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Filing: 1957-04-15
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Granted: 1973-06-12
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Expires: 1977-04-15
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Abstract

Abstract 1. A multistage magnetic amplifier having an a.c. line, each stage comprising a pair of closed magnetic circuits and two branch circuits connected across said a.c. line, each branch circuit including in series a reactor winding respectively disposed on one of said magnetic circuits an impedance and two unidirectional devices, said devices in each of the stages being poled in the same direction and the devices in successive stages being respectively oppositely poled, each stage also comprising a control circuit including two control windings, one control winding being disposed on each magnetic circuit, one control winding being arranged to aid the flux induced by the reactor winding of one core and the other control winding being arranged to oppose the flux induced by the reactor winding on the other core, means conductively connecting the control circuit of the stages after the first stage to the branch circuits of the preceding stage at points between the two unidirectional devices in each branch circuit of the said preceding stage, and a single biasing resistor connected in shunt relation to the two unidirectional devices and the control circuit connection in one of said branch circuits.

Inventors

  • 👤 T Buchhold

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 08:14
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03F; H03F9/00; H03F9/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 191 words
A multistage magnetic amplifier having an a.c. line, each stage comprising a pair of closed magnetic circuits and two branch circuits connected across said a.c. line, each branch circuit including in series a reactor winding respectively disposed on one of said magnetic circuits an impedance and two unidirectional devices, said devices in each of the stages being poled in the same direction and the devices in successive stages being respectively oppositely poled, each stage also comprising a control circuit including two control windings, one control winding being disposed on each magnetic circuit, one control winding being arranged to aid the flux induced by the reactor winding of one core and the other control winding being arranged to oppose the flux induced by the reactor winding on the other core, means conductively connecting the control circuit of the stages after the first stage to the branch circuits of the preceding stage at points between the two unidirectional devices in each branch circuit of the said preceding stage, and a single biasing resistor connected in shunt relation to the two unidirectional devices and the control circuit connection in one of said branch circuits.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 191 words
A multistage magnetic amplifier having an a.c. line, each stage comprising a pair of closed magnetic circuits and two branch circuits connected across said a.c. line, each branch circuit including in series a reactor winding respectively disposed on one of said magnetic circuits an impedance and two unidirectional devices, said devices in each of the stages being poled in the same direction and the devices in successive stages being respectively oppositely poled, each stage also comprising a control circuit including two control windings, one control winding being disposed on each magnetic circuit, one control winding being arranged to aid the flux induced by the reactor winding of one core and the other control winding being arranged to oppose the flux induced by the reactor winding on the other core, means conductively connecting the control circuit of the stages after the first stage to the branch circuits of the preceding stage at points between the two unidirectional devices in each branch circuit of the said preceding stage, and a single biasing resistor connected in shunt relation to the two unidirectional devices and the control circuit connection in one of said branch circuits.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 36 words
A multistage magnetic amplifier as claimed in claim 1 wherein a second biasing resistor is shunted across the said two devices and the control circuit connection in the other of said branch circuits in each stage.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 87 words
A multistage magnetic amplifier as claimed in claim 1 wherein the impedances in each stage are reactor windings, each reactor winding in each stage being disposed upon one of the said two magnetic circuits in that stage, and each of the said two branch circuits in that stage including one of the first-mentioned reactor windings disposed upon one of the said two magnetic circuits in that stage and one of the said reactor windings disposed upon the other of the said two magnetic circuits in that stage.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1976-06-11 1976-12-11 1977-06-12 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1980-06-11 1980-12-11 1981-06-12 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1984-06-11 1984-12-11 1985-06-12 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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