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Protective circuit

US4663537A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 26, 1985
Grant dateMay 5, 1987
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Expiry dateJun 26, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02H7/0851
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A protective circuit for a manually controllable adjusting device for motor vehicle seats, which is driven by an electric motor, has a current sensor (11) with an output voltage which corresponds to the sum of all instantaneous currents flowing in the motor electrical circuit of the adjusting device. Furthermore, a threshold switch stage (14, 16, 24, 25, 26) which responds to a predetermined value of the output sensor (11) and a switch (12) which lies in the electrical circuit of the electric motor are provided. This switch (12) can be switched from its closed condition into its opened condition by the threshold switch stage when a threshold value is exceeded.

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