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Anti-reverse connection circuit for power supply

US6519126B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 14, 2001
Grant dateFeb 11, 2003
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02H11/006
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An anti-reverse connection circuit for a power supply comprises an input terminal connected to a positive polarity of an external power supply, an input terminal connected to a negative polarity of the external power supply, load terminals connected to a load, a relay having a normally opened contact and an excitation coil, and a control circuit for allowing a current to flow in the excitation coil. Either one of the input terminal and the load terminal, and the input terminal and the load terminal is connected to each other via the normally opened contact, and the other thereof is directly connected to each other. Only when the positive polarity is connected to the input terminal and the negative polarity is connected to the input terminal, a switch transistor of the control circuit is turned on to allow a current to flow in the excitation coil, thereby closing the normally opened contact.

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