Variable-speed-drive system for a grid blower

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8890464
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13450256

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A drive system for a grid blower of a vehicle is provided. The system includes: an electrical bus, a grid of resistive elements connected to the electrical bus, the grid of resistive elements configured to thermally dissipate electrical power generated from braking of the vehicle, the electrical power being transmitted on the electrical bus to the grid of resistive elements, an electrical power modulation device configured to modify electrical power received from at least one of the electrical bus and the grid of resistive elements, and a grid blower motor coupled to an output of the electrical power modulation device, wherein a speed of the grid blower motor varies based on the electrical power that has been modified by the electrical power modulation device.

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GE GLOBAL SOURCING LLC901 MAIN AVENUE NORWALK CT 06851

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Brown, Theodore Clark Ripley, US 23 250
Gupta, Sudhir Kumar Erie, US 23 101
Kumar, Ajith Kuttannair Erie, US 425 8886
Worden, Bret Union City, US 51 252

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