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Title: Dual power, constant speed electric motor system

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7258144

A dual capacity permanent split capacitor electric motor system is provided with a stator having main and auxiliary windings. The main stator winding includes two winding sections which are connected in parallel with each other and across a pair of line terminals while the auxiliary winding is connected in series with a capacitor to form a circuit branch which is connected between the line terminals for operation at a first output power level. Switching means are provided to reconnect the main stator winding sections in series with each other and in series with a second capacitor to form a circuit branch which is connected between the line terminals while the stator auxiliary winding is connected directly between the line terminals for operation at a second output power level. Automatic rotation reversal occurs when the motor switches from the first to the second output power level. 6 figs.

DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-26
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 4463302; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 6-479775
OSTI ID:
7258144
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 28 Mar 1983
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English