Patent · US Expired

Device with an electromotor

US7038412B2 · kind B2 · utility

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52References

24Claims

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Assignee

ebm-papst St. Georgen GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Arno Karwath · Rottweil, DE
Jörg Hornberger · Dornstetten, DE
Frank Jeske · Tennenbronn, DE
Hermann Rappenecker · Vöhrenbach, DE
Hansjörg Kaltenbrunner · Bräunlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 23, 2004
Grant date	May 2, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 23, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S388/904
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An arrangement having an electric motor (10) has a microcontroller (12) for influencing at least one motor function and a nonvolatile storage element (14) for storing at least one variable as a definition for that motor function. The arrangement also has an interface (13a) for a data line (13) for transferring the at least one variable, in particular a current limiting value (Iref) from or to a storage element (14) by way of the microcontroller (12), and optionally by way of an internal data bus (15). The invention also relates to use of the device in the context of batteries of fans, and program-controlled current limitation for startup of an electric motor (10).

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