Apparatus and method for starting an electric motor
CA 2548867 C · Owner: Comair Rotron, Inc. · Inventors: Brown, Fred A.
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An apparatus and method of starting an electric motor (having a rotor that rotates in a given direction during steady state operation from the at rest position) generates a preliminary signal that causes the rotor to rotate in an opposite direction to that of the given direction. The method and apparatus also begin rotation of the rotor in the given direction after the rotor rotates in the opposite direction.
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- Filed May 30, 2006 and granted April 29, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 30, 2026.
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