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Voltage regulator

  • US 5,302,889 A
  • Filed: 06/19/1992
  • Issued: 04/12/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A voltage regulator, comprising:

  • first and second circuit points connectable to a source of rectified AC power;

    third and fourth circuit points connectable to a device requiring DC power;

    means connected between said third and fourth circuit points for storing power;

    means for monitoring a current flow between said first and third circuit points;

    means for monitoring the voltage potential between said third and fourth circuit points;

    means for controlling said current flow between said first and second circuit points, said controlling means being responsive to said current flow monitoring means and said voltage potential monitoring means;

    means for connecting and disconnecting said first and second circuit points in shorted electrical communication with each other;

    means, responsive to a preselected signal from said device, for causing said connecting and disconnecting means to connect said first and second circuit points in shorted electrical communication with each other; and

    means, responsive to said causing means, for charging said storing means more rapidly in response to a presence in said preselected signal than in an absence of said preselected signal.

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