序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开(公告)号 | 公开(公告)日 | 发明人 |
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1 | 用于多相开关装置的电弧能量减少方法及设备 | CN201611122236.8 | 2016-12-08 | CN106898512A | 2017-06-27 | 凯文·M·杰弗里斯; 本杰明·W·爱德华兹; 马修·L·怀特; 艾伦·弗里曼; 理查德·卡尔·韦勒 |
本发明公开了用于多相开关装置的电弧能量减少方法及设备。用于在电触头的断开和闭合期间减少电弧能量和触头腐蚀的三相开关装置和方法,该装置具有一个电磁体和一个电枢。该装置和方法允许通过控制电枢在断开和闭合过程期间行进的速度来紧挨着其电流过零点之前的计算的目标点处闭合所有三个相。 | ||||||
2 | 继电器控制器 | CN200980119794.0 | 2009-05-29 | CN102047368B | 2014-03-12 | 森本充晃; 大石英一郎 |
提供了一种与传统所需的相比,能够缩短从断开开关元件单元直到断开继电器的时间的继电器控制器。该继电器控制器包括:继电器开关,其中触点将电源连接于负载,并且线圈连接于该电源;第一开关元件,其串联连接于线圈;再生电流电路,其并联连接于线圈,并且包括第二开关元件和与该第二开关元件串联连接的二极管;第一开关元件控制单元,其适于通过第一开关元件的PWM控制来接通继电器开关以及通过停止该第一开关元件的PWM控制来断开继电器开关;以及第二开关元件控制单元,其适于当第一开关元件受PWM控制时使第二开关元件接通以及当第一开关元件的PWM控制停止时使第二开关元件断开。 | ||||||
3 | 继电器控制装置及其控制方法 | CN201610839843.X | 2016-09-22 | CN106558449A | 2017-04-05 | 胡健威; 莊志堂 |
本发明提供一种继电器的控制装置及控制方法。控制方法包括:侦测继电器的输入电压以及流经继电器的电流;依据输入电压以及参考电压值来获得电压零交越点信息;依据电压零交越点信息在初始开启时间点以使继电器导通,并依据继电器导通后的该电流来获得继电器的实际导通时间点;依据初始开启时间点以及实际导通时间点来获得继电器的开启时间延迟,并依据开启时间延迟来调整初始开启时间点以获得补偿后开启时间点。 | ||||||
4 | 继电器控制器 | CN200980119794.0 | 2009-05-29 | CN102047368A | 2011-05-04 | 森本充晃; 大石英一郎 |
提供了一种与传统所需的相比,能够缩短从断开开关元件单元直到断开继电器的时间的继电器控制器。该继电器控制器包括:继电器开关,其中触点将电源连接于负载,并且线圈连接于该电源;第一开关元件,其串联连接于线圈;再生电流电路,其并联连接于线圈,并且包括第二开关元件和与该第二开关元件串联连接的二极管;第一开关元件控制单元,其适于通过第一开关元件的PWM控制来接通继电器开关以及通过停止该第一开关元件的PWM控制来断开继电器开关;以及第二开关元件控制单元,其适于当第一开关元件受PWM控制时使第二开关元件接通以及当第一开关元件的PWM控制停止时使第二开关元件断开。 | ||||||
5 | 模拟线圈电压和线圈电流的测量 | CN200710305767.5 | 2007-12-28 | CN101221218A | 2008-07-16 | D·芬尼; A·亚菲尔; 毛志宏; W·普雷默拉尼; M·阿达米亚克 |
本发明涉及模拟线圈电压和线圈电流的测量。在与保护断路器继电器的接触输出连接以检测断路器机构的初始故障的断路器线圈励磁过程中,测量模拟线圈电压和线圈电流。 | ||||||
6 | Relay drive circuit | JP2006260573 | 2006-09-26 | JP4835351B2 | 2011-12-14 | 学 森田 |
7 | How to predict the operational capabilities of the relay or contactor | JP2013532097 | 2011-09-01 | JP2014500570A | 2014-01-09 | ステック、アルミン; ピスコル、ラルフ |
継電器又は接触器(19)の動作能力を予測する方法が記載される。 継電器又は接触器(19)を通って流れる電流、及び/又は、継電器又は接触器(19)に印加される電圧が繰り返し測定され(11、12)、測定値が監視ユニット(22)へと伝達される。 監視ユニット(22)は、測定値及びモデルに基づいて、継電器又は接触器(19)の動作能力についての予測を行う。 さらに、本発明に係る方法を実施するよう構成された監視ユニット(22)及びバッテリ(100)が記載される。
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8 | Integrable relay activating circuit device | JP32467292 | 1992-11-11 | JPH05242782A | 1993-09-21 | AROISU BIIBURU |
PURPOSE: To provide an integrable circuit device possible to activate a relay operated by a direct current, which has a controllable electric current source supplying electric current to a relay coil and the first input end eligible to give a control signal to activate the relay, and improve the circuit device so that the most proper activating electric current is generated for each relay regardless of variation occurred when relays and transistors are manufactured. CONSTITUTION: The third input end connected to a terminal of a relay switching contact is provided. Means 8, 9, which are connected to the first and second input ends 3a, 3d, to activate an electric current source 10, which is controllable when activated signal is generated at the first input end 3a, so that an output electric current increases until an input signal at the second input end notifies that the switching contact is closed. COPYRIGHT: (C)1993,JPO | ||||||
9 | Method for predicting the usability of a relay or a contactor | US13877800 | 2011-09-01 | US09594118B2 | 2017-03-14 | Armin Steck; Ralf Piscol |
A method for predicting the usability of a relay or a contactor is described herein. A current flowing through the relay or the contactor and/or a voltage applied to the relay or the contactor is measured repeatedly, and the measured values are transmitted to an observation unit. The observation unit makes a prediction relating to the usability of the relay or of the contactor on the basis of the measured values and a model. Furthermore described are an observation unit and a battery which are configured to carry out the method according to the disclosure. | ||||||
10 | SELF-LEARNING RELAY TURN-OFF CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD | US14835917 | 2015-08-26 | US20170053760A1 | 2017-02-23 | Lili Wan; Daxing Hu |
An exemplary embodiment is disclosed of a relay turn-off control system for use with an alternating-current (AC) signal input. The system may include a relay, a relay current load sensor connected to the relay, and a rectifier circuit connected to the relay current load sensor and having an output. A microprocessor may be connected to the rectifier circuit output. The microprocessor may be configured to set a relay turn-off signal output time based on an empirically determined duration time for the relay to turn-off and further based on determining a zero-cross period via use of a modulo operation. | ||||||
11 | Method and system for soft switching of a relay | US13975430 | 2013-08-26 | US09425011B2 | 2016-08-23 | Jason Creighton; David Christopher Shilling |
Provided is a system for soft switching of an electromechanical relay in a lighting control system using a sensor to detect a specified non-zero position in the electrical input waveform. Following this non-zero position, an adaptive time delay is applied before activation of the relay coil. An error detection circuit measures a time error between relay operation and the zero electrical input condition. This error signal is used to update the adaptive time delay for future relay operations. Using such a procedure has been shown to limit electrical stress on the relay, and therefore lengthen its life. | ||||||
12 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELAY CONTROL | US13644665 | 2012-10-04 | US20130083444A1 | 2013-04-04 | Andrew Barnes; Eric K. Zimmerman |
A method and apparatus for controlling an electromechanical relay. In one embodiment, the method comprises reducing a relay current of a relay that is activated, determining a first value of the relay current, wherein the first value is either a minimum default current value or a value of the relay current at which the activated relay deactivates, and determining a holding current value for maintaining the relay in an activated state, wherein the holding current value is at least the first value and less than a second value of the relay current at which the relays activates. | ||||||
13 | RELAY CONTROLLER | US12994970 | 2009-05-29 | US20110109168A1 | 2011-05-12 | Mitsuaki Morimoto; Eiichiro Oishi |
Provided is a relay controller which can shorten the time from turning off a switching element until turning off a relay compared with what is conventionally possible. The relay controller comprises a relay switch in which a contact point connects a power supply to a load, and a coil is connected to the power supply; a first switching element which is connected in series to the coil; a regenerative current circuit which is connected in parallel to the coil and includes a second switching element and a diode which is connected in series to the second switching element; a first switching element control unit which turns on the relay switch by PWM control of the first switching element and turns off the relay switch by stopping the PWM control of the first switching element, and a second switching element control unit which turns on the second switching element when the first switching element is PWM-controlled and turns off the second switching element when the PWM control of the first switching element is stopped. | ||||||
14 | MEASUREMENT OF ANALOG COIL VOLTAGE AND COIL CURRENT | US11954134 | 2007-12-11 | US20080157776A1 | 2008-07-03 | Adil Jaffer; Zhihong Mao |
A monitor circuit is provided which detects various incipient failure modes of a circuit breaker. The monitor circuit includes a processor and a primary circuit connected in circuit with the processor. The primary circuit may be configured for preventing transients and high currents associated with the operation of the circuit breaker from damaging the processor. A secondary circuit may be connected in circuit with the processor and the primary circuit. The secondary circuit provides an analog voltage input and a current input to the processor that is representative of an aspect of the circuit breaker and wherein the processor is configured to detect at least one failure mode of at least one circuit breaker from the analog voltage and current input. | ||||||
15 | PCB MOTOR CONTROLLER WITH POW SWITCHING | US15692588 | 2017-08-31 | US20190044460A1 | 2019-02-07 | Andrew John Jaap; Michael Lee Gasperi; Jerry Michael Watkins |
A PCB motor controller comprises relays mounted on a PCB and interconnected to power traces in or on the PCB to receive incoming three-phase power and to output three-phase power to a motor. Control power traces in or on the PCB connect the relays to control circuitry, also mounted on the PCB. A power supply is mounted on the PCB and connected to the control circuitry to provide power for its operation and for switching of the relays. The relays are switched in accordance with a point-on-wave (POW) switching scheme, allowing for the use or relays and the PCB, which may not otherwise be suitable for motor control applications. | ||||||
16 | Coil Arrangement, and Electrochemical Switch, Respectively Measurement Transmitter, Formed Therewith | US15315034 | 2015-05-27 | US20170199231A1 | 2017-07-13 | Adrian Brunner; Matthias Brudermann; Christoph Werle |
A coil arrangement comprises an electrical coil and an armature movable between a first end position (I) and a second end position, an electronic switch switchable between at least two switch states, a control and monitoring circuit for producing a switching signal actuating the electronic switch and an operating circuit for providing an operating voltage and an electrical current measurement signal representing an electrical current flowing as a function of time in a coil electrical current circuit formed with the coil. The control and monitoring circuit is additionally adapted using the electrical current measurement signal to perform a checking of the coil, for example, namely to detect, whether an inductance, of the coil has a dependence on the switching signal as a function of time, respectively a behavior as a function of time corresponding with the switching signal as a function of time. The electromechanical switch, in turn, comprises a first switch contact movable between a first switch position and a second switch position, a second switch contact and, for actuating the switch contact, a coil arrangement of the invention, while the measurement transmitter comprises, besides such an electromechanical switch, also a measuring circuit for receiving at least one transducer signal dependent on a physical or chemical, measured variable and/or representing the measured variable as a function of time. | ||||||
17 | METHOD FOR MONITORING THE STATE OF THE EARTHING CONTACTS OF A CONTACTOR CONTROLLABLE BY MEANS OF AN EXCITER COIL | US15300870 | 2015-03-23 | US20170018384A1 | 2017-01-19 | Olivier COIS |
The present invention relates to a method for monitoring the state of the earthing contacts of a contactor controlled by an exciter coil, said contactor being operated as part of an isolation unit for galvanically isolating a voltage source from an electric consumer device connected to the voltage source, wherein a first power loss (22), which is transferred via the earthing contacts, and a second power loss (23), which is transferred via the exciter coil, are detected, and the first power loss (22) and the second power loss (23) are fed as input variables to a thermal model (21) of the contactor, the thermal model (21) determines an earthing contact temperature (24) according to at least one of the input variables and provides said contactor temperature as an output variable, and the provided earthing contact temperature (24) is evaluated. | ||||||
18 | Driver circuit for an electric vehicle and a diagnostic method for determining when a first voltage driver is shorted to a high voltage and a second voltage driver has a low electrical current flowing therethrough | US13537236 | 2012-06-29 | US09050893B2 | 2015-06-09 | Craig William Grupido |
A driver circuit and a diagnostic method are provided. The driver circuit includes a first voltage driver, a second voltage driver, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor generates a first pulse width modulated signal to induce the first voltage driver to output a second pulse width modulated signal to energize a contactor coil. The microprocessor sets a first diagnostic flag equal to a first value if a first filtered voltage value is greater than a first threshold value. The microprocessor sets a second diagnostic flag equal to a second value if a first filtered current value is less than a threshold value. The microprocessor stops generating the first pulse width modulated signal to de-energize the contactor coil if the first and second diagnostic flags are set equal to the first and second values, respectively. | ||||||
19 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOFT SWITCHING OF A RELAY | US13975430 | 2013-08-26 | US20150055272A1 | 2015-02-26 | Jason Creighton; David Christopher Shilling |
Provided is a system for soft switching of an electromechanical relay in a lighting control system using a sensor to detect a specified non-zero position in the electrical input waveform. Following this non-zero position, an adaptive time delay is applied before activation of the relay coil. An error detection circuit measures a time error between relay operation and the zero electrical input condition. This error signal is used to update the adaptive time delay for future relay operations. Using such a procedure has been shown to limit electrical stress on the relay, and therefore lengthen its life. | ||||||
20 | Measurement of analog coil voltage and coil current | US11617048 | 2006-12-28 | US07463036B2 | 2008-12-09 | Dale Finney; Adil Jaffer; Zhihong Mao; William Premerlani; Mark Adamiak |
The measurement of analog coil voltage and coil current during the energizing of the circuit breaker coil that is connected to the output contact of a protective circuit breaker relay in order to detect an incipient failure of the circuit breaker mechanism. |