Patents Assigned to Etablissements-Pierre Fontaine
  • Patent number: 4510401
    Abstract: An AC electric supply of a load capable of selectively connecting a main AC power source through a first primary transformer winding or an auxiliary emergency source such as from a battery power supply through a static DC-AC converter through a second primary transformer winding, the load being connected to the secondary transformer winding. The process includes sensing the voltage of the main source and automatically connecting the auxiliary emergency source when low voltage is detected and reconnecting the main source and disconnecting the auxiliary source when the disappearance of the failure of the main source is detected by first causing the auxiliary source frequency to drift, comparing the frequency between the auxiliary source and the resupplied main source, and when the two frequencies are in coincidence, connecting the main source and disconnecting the auxiliary source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1985
    Assignee: Etablissements-Pierre Fontaine
    Inventor: Michel Legoult