Patent ID: 7391179

Claim:
An inductive contactless starter for single-phase AC motor, the motor comprising a stator composed of at least a primary winding and a secondary winding, a permanently operating capacitor connected between outlet terminals of the primary and secondary windings, the inductive contactiess starter comprising a current mutual-inductor composed of two primary coils and a secondary coil, a gate capacitor, a triac, and a PTC resistor, wherein a first terminal of the secondary coil of the current mutual-inductor is connected to a gate electrode of the triac, and a second terminal of the secondary coil is connected to a first electrode of the triac, a terminal of the permanently operating capacitor, and a terminal of the first primary coil of the current mutual-inductor,a second terminal of the first primary coil of the current mutual-inductor being connected to an outlet terminal of the secondary winding of the motor, a terminal of the second primary coil of the current mutual-inductor being connected to a power input terminal and a terminal of the gate capacitor, a second terminal of the second primary coil of the current mutual-inductor being connected to an outlet terminal of the primary winding of the motor, a second terminal of the permanently operating capacitor, and a second terminal of the gate capacitor, and wherein a first terminal of the PTC resistor is connected to a second electrode of the triac, a second terminal of the PTC resistor being connected to a terminal of a motor starting capacitor.