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Apparatus and method for controlled preload operation of an electrical converter

US6519166B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 27, 2001
Grant dateFeb 11, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 27, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B70/10
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for effecting a preload operation of an electrical converter device that includes a primary circuit section inductively coupled with at least one secondary circuit section presenting at least one output voltage at at least one output locus includes: (a) a load coupled with at least one selected output locus of the at least one output locus; (b) a switch device electrically coupling the load within the at least one secondary circuit section; and (c) a timer device coupled with the switch device. The timer device orients the switch device to electrically disconnect the load from the at least one secondary circuit section after a predetermined time interval elapses.

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