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Control device for DC motors

US7006761B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 22, 2003
Grant dateFeb 28, 2006
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02P7/29
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In order to design as inexpensively as possible a control device for DC motors which are provided with a commutator for feeding their motor windings which has at least four sliding contacts, this device comprising a modulation stage which generates at least one control signal modulated as to pulse width with a clock frequency substantially above the motor speed and a control circuit which is controlled by the at least one control signal and has at least one load branch which feeds the commutator and is provided with an electronic switch controlled by the control signal modulated as to pulse width, it is suggested that the sliding contacts be combined to form at least two control groups, that the sliding contacts be combined within each control group to form pairs of sliding contacts and that each control group have its own load branch associated with it.

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