Patent ID: 6768279
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: H02P

Abstract:
Drive apparatus for use with a dynamoelectric machine system, comprising:drive means connected to the dynamoelectric machine to control at least one of the current or voltage of the machine; a processor including a microcontroller for supplying machine control information to the drive means, said processor including a first memory including a read only memory containing at least a portion of an operating program for operating the dynamoelectric machine; a second memory operatively associated with said processor, said second memory including a non-volatile electrically erasable programmable read only memory for storing dynamoelectric machine operating characteristic information associated with a plurality of appliance environments, wherein said plurality of appliance environments comprises a plurality of versions of a given appliance; a plurality of switches positionable in a plurality of switch settings connected to said processor, wherein preselected switch settings correspond to one of the versions of the given appliance such that a user positions said plurality of switches in a desired switch setting to select the corresponding version of the given appliance, said microcontroller being programmed to read the switch setting and in response thereto, obtain the system operating characteristic information corresponding to the selected version of the given appliance from said second memory so as to permit said system to be used in different versions of the given appliance; and programming means operatively attachable to said processor and removable therefrom for loading dynamoelectric machine information associated with said versions of the given appliance into said second memory to enable said drive apparatus to be altered for use with a variety of dynamoelectric machines in different versions of the given appliance.