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Power source with saturable reactor

US6995337B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 11, 2003
Grant dateFeb 7, 2006
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Expiry dateDec 31, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB23K9/091
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a power source for an electric arc welder including an inverter having two primary circuits connected in a series circuit across the DC bus of an input rectifier where each primary circuit comprises a capacitor parallel with a primary winding section and a switch to apply the voltage of the capacitor across the primary winding section, so that the primary circuits alternately create a voltage pulse in the primary winding sections to induce voltage pulses in a secondary circuit having a secondary winding coupled to said primary windings and connected by an output circuit to an output welding circuit. There is provided one improvement. The improvement is a soft ferrite saturable reactor in at least one of the series circuit or the output circuit to delay the voltage pulse in the primary winding sections.

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