Motor control apparatus and method
CA 2010399 C · Owner: Pickering, William · Inventors: Pickering, William
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Motor control systems are commonly, associated with motors found on electric industrial vehicles, such as lift trucks. Advantageously the, control of such motors should be optimized such that current is timely supplied to the motors in conjunction with selection of the appropriate motor direction. The instant apparatus 10 includes a logic device 24 for receiving speed and direction demand signals from respective speed and direction selection devices 20,22. The logic device 24 responsively produces respective motor speed and direction command signals. A motor control device 26 receives the command signals and directs the electrical current from a power source 18 through the motor 12. A …
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- Filed February 20, 1990 and granted January 23, 1996. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 20, 2010.
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