US Patent Issued to Schneider Electric (China) on Sept. 2 for "Method of detecting forward and reverse connection of three-phase motor and solid-state motor starter" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,278, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Schneider Electric (China) Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Method of detecting forward and reverse connection of three-phase motor and solid-state motor starter" was invented by Qing Yang (Shanghai), Ying Shi (Shanghai) and Xiaohang Chen (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of detecting forward and reverse connection of a three-phase motor is disclosed, including: turning on a first solid-state switch pair and a second solid-state switch pair into conduction for a predetermined period of time so that current can flow between a power supply and the three-phase motor; detecting output current o...