Parallel operation of multiple generators

Patent 6297977 Issued on October 2, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date:

September 12, 2020. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Honeywell Power Systems Inc.

Application

No. 659631 filed on 09/12/2000

US Classes:

363/65, Having plural converters for single conversion363/16, Having transistorized inverter363/95For inverter

Examiners

Primary: Berhane, Adolf

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Gortler; Hugh, Starr; Ephraim

Foreign Patent References

0535382A1 EP. 04/20/1993
0901218A2 EP. 03/20/1999
0998005A1 EP. 05/20/2013

International Class

H02M 003/335

Abstract

A power generation system includes multiple generators that are operated in parallel. An inverter of one of the generators is always operated in voltage mode. Inverters of the other generators are switched between voltage and current modes.