Modular multiple single-pole electromagnetic switching system and method
First Claim
1. A modular electromechanical switching system comprising:
- a first single pole, single current carrying path switching device configured to selectively switch between a conducting state and a non-conducting state;
a second single pole, single current carrying path switching device configured to selectively switch between the conducting state and the non-conducting state;
a third single pole, single current carrying path switching device configured to selectively switch between the conducting and the non-conducting state; and
a wiring base, wherein;
the first single pole, single current carrying path switching device is pluggable into the wiring base to receive a first control signal from control circuitry that instructs the first single pole, single current carrying path switching device to switch between the conducting state and the non-conducting state;
the second single pole, single current carrying path switching device is pluggable into the wiring base to receive a second control signal from the control circuitry that instructs the second single pole, single current carrying path switching device to switch between the conducting state and the non-conducting state; and
the third single pole, single current carrying path switching device is pluggable into the wiring base to receive a third control signal from the control circuitry that instructs the third single pole, single current carrying path switching device to switch between the conducting state and the non-conducting state.
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Abstract
One embodiment describes a wye-delta starter, which includes a first single pole, single current carrying path switching device that selectively connects and disconnects a first winding of a motor in a wye configuration; a second single pole, single current carrying path switching device that selectively connects and disconnects the first winding in a delta configuration, in which the first switching device and the second switching device are coupled via a first interlock; a third single pole, single current carrying path switching device that selectively connects and disconnects a second winding and a third winding of the motor in the wye configuration; a fourth single pole, single current carrying path switching device that selectively connects and disconnects the second winding in the delta configuration, in which the third switching device and the fourth switching device are coupled via a second interlock; and a fifth single pole, single current carrying path switching device that selectively connects and disconnects the third winding in the delta configuration.
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32 Claims
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1. A modular electromechanical switching system comprising:
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a first single pole, single current carrying path switching device configured to selectively switch between a conducting state and a non-conducting state; a second single pole, single current carrying path switching device configured to selectively switch between the conducting state and the non-conducting state; a third single pole, single current carrying path switching device configured to selectively switch between the conducting and the non-conducting state; and a wiring base, wherein; the first single pole, single current carrying path switching device is pluggable into the wiring base to receive a first control signal from control circuitry that instructs the first single pole, single current carrying path switching device to switch between the conducting state and the non-conducting state; the second single pole, single current carrying path switching device is pluggable into the wiring base to receive a second control signal from the control circuitry that instructs the second single pole, single current carrying path switching device to switch between the conducting state and the non-conducting state; and the third single pole, single current carrying path switching device is pluggable into the wiring base to receive a third control signal from the control circuitry that instructs the third single pole, single current carrying path switching device to switch between the conducting state and the non-conducting state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A modular electromechanical switching system comprising:
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a plurality of modular single pole, single current carrying path switching devices each configured to selectively switch between a conducting state and a non-conducting state; and a wiring base, wherein each of the plurality of module switching devices is pluggable into the wiring base to receive corresponding control signals from control circuitry that instruct a corresponding one of the plurality of modular single pole, single current carrying path switching devices to switch between the conducting state and the non-conducting state. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A modular electromechanical switching system comprising:
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a plurality of modular single pole, single current carrying path switching devices each configured to selectively switch between a conducting state and a non-conducting state; a wiring base, wherein each of the plurality of modular single pole, single current carrying path switching devices is pluggable into the wiring base to receive corresponding control signals from control circuitry that instruct a corresponding one of the plurality of modular single pole, single current carrying path switching devices to switch between the conducting state and the non-conducting state; and control circuitry configured to generate the corresponding control signals to instruct at least one of the plurality of modular single pole, single current carrying path switching devices to open or close at a time coordinated with a current zero-crossing or a predicted current zero-crossing of a phase of three-phase power in accordance with a point-on-wave (POW) switching scheme. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A modular electromechanical switching system comprising:
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a plurality of modular single pole, single current carrying path switching devices configured to selectively switch between a conducting state and a non-conducting state, wherein a first switching device and a second switching device of the plurality of modular single pole, single current carrying path switching devices are spaced apart from one another; a wiring base, wherein each of the plurality of modular single pole, single current carrying path switching devices is pluggable into the wiring base to receive corresponding control signals from control circuitry that instruct a corresponding one of the plurality of modular single pole, single current carrying path switching devices to switch between the conducting state and the non-conducting states; and control circuitry configured to generate the corresponding control signals to instruct at least one of the plurality of modular single pole, single current carrying path switching devices to open or close at a time coordinated with a current zero-crossing or a predicted current zero-crossing of a phase of three-phase power in accordance with a point-on-wave (POW) switching scheme.
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