Patent ID: 7746649
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: H01L,H02P,H05K

Abstract:
1. A soft starter module for selectively electrically connecting a power line terminal with an electric motor load terminal, the module comprising: a first switching device having a first terminal electrically coupled with a load terminal and a second terminal electrically coupled with a line terminal; a second switching device having a first terminal electrically coupled with the line terminal and a second terminal electrically coupled with the load terminal; a driver apparatus providing switching control signals to the first and second switching devices for selectively electrically connecting the line terminal with the load terminal; and a housing with a top, a bottom, and at least one side, the housing comprising: wherein the first and second housing structures individually include driver support structures on a first side of the housing for mounting the driver apparatus to the first side of the housing, and wherein the first and second housing structures individually include at least some of the first module mounting structures on a different second side of the housing allowing the housing to be mounted to a flat structure with the second side generally parallel to the flat structure.