Programmer for starter
AssigneeEaton Corporation
InventorsMark E. Innes, Gregory A. Helton, Ralph Rosa, Lee E. Smith
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Abstract
A motor starter includes separable contacts; an operating mechanism for operating the separable contacts; an overload relay controller including a memory for storing the settings for a plurality of selectable operating features, and a microprocessor for retrieving the settings from the memory and employing the settings at least for controlling the operating mechanism; and a programmer module temporarily engaging the overload relay controller for changing the settings in the memory.
Claims22
A starter comprising:
- separable contacts;
- operating means for operating said separable contacts;
- overload relay means including memory means for storing at least one setting for at least one selectable operating feature and processor means for retrieving said setting for said selectable operating feature from said memory means and employing said setting for said selectable operating feature at least for controlling said operating means;
- and
- module means temporarily electrically and mechanically engaging said overload relay means for changing said setting for said selectable operating feature in said memory means.
An overload relay apparatus for use with an electrical contactor, said overload relay apparatus comprising:
- overload relay controller means including memory means for storing at least one setting for at least one selectable operating feature and processor means for retrieving said setting for said selectable operating feature from said memory means and employing said setting for said selectable operating feature at least for controlling said electrical contactor;
- and
- module means temporarily electrically and mechanically engaging said overload relay controller means for changing said setting for said selectable operating feature in said memory means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.