Patents Represented by Attorney Bankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP
  • Patent number: 6153942
    Abstract: A starter cutoff control apparatus and method for a starter/generator used on an engine includes a circuit for detecting starter/generator armature current during an engine start operation, comparing the armature current to an armature current setpoint to produce an error signal; using the error signal to produce a field weakening control signal; and a circuit for producing a starter cutoff signal as a function of the field weakening control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Lucas Aerospace Power Equipment Corp.
    Inventors: Ronald W. Roseman, Kevin E. Rice
  • Patent number: D502052
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Inventor: Rick D. Meade