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Auto-transformer for use with multiple pulse rectifiers

CA 2576990 C · Owner: Taps Technology, Inc. · Inventors: Owen, Donald W.

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Zig-zag connected, phase shifting, auto-transformers that provides the inherent ability to block the flow of zero sequence currents that are associated with multiple-pulse rectifiers. The transformer coils are wound in three separate, multi-wound windings on three single-phase cores. A vector oriented winding scheme is provided with three output windings and three internal zig-zag configured pairs of windings. The three internal zig-zag windings are connected at corresponding ends of a first winding to form an electrical neutral. The second windings of the three internal zig-zag windings respectively tap one of the output windings. The external power source connects to a point …

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  • Filed July 27, 2005 and granted December 31, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 27, 2025.
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FiledJuly 27, 2005
GrantedDecember 31, 2013
Term endedJuly 27, 2025
Patent numberCA 2576990 C
Classification (IPC)H01F30/12

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