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	The Inventors and the Invention
The Inventors
Dr. Parker,  photo from NIHF	Two experienced inventors, Dr. Louis W. Parker and Mr. Rhey W. Hedges, joined forces in privately funded research from 1974 through 1985. Directed by Mr. Hedges, their close collaboration proved synergistic during this period, producing a variety of new discovery Parker/Hedges patents.   Dr. Parker's 'inter-carrier' reception process is used in all currently manufactured television sets. Recognizing his contributions to mankind, Dr. Parker, now deceased, was inducted in 1988 into the National Inventors Hall of Fame along side such notable inventors as Thomas Edison and Alexander Bell.   Mr. Hedges has been active in industrial electronics for over forty years. He has founded several technology-based companies to take his proprietary and/or internationally patented inventions to market. Most recently, Brain Communication Research, Inc., a non-profit, company, was founded to develop Hedges’ Electronic Glasses and other inventions in the public interest.   One of these developments with Parker/Hedges was the Energy Economizer Technology ('EET'). This energy saving concept was developed by Mr. Hedges into a family of 9 US Patents and 40+ Foreign Patents. More EET Patents are possible as this unique technology is applied to meet worldwide need to conserve energy and natural resources.
The Invention
photo soon	One day in 1978, Rhey Hedges, technical director of Parker Electronics watched an undulating trace on the oscilloscope in his lab.  This trace was monitoring the power going to a motor.  As Hedges adjusted the load during operation he noticed something that caught his eye.  That 'something' was smaller ripple that changed slightly as load varied.  "Sometimes inventors are lucky" Hedges said, recalling the development of EET.  "Having worked 20 yeras in FM communications, I knew I was seeing sidebands.  A motor man might never have noticed."   Sidebands are waves or modulation riding or another wave form.  With Hedges' background in in radio he realized that these sidebands are giving information about how load effects power supply.  Using this knowledge with a convential power control circuit, Hedges and Parker developed a device that can reduce huge amounts of power normally wasted by common motors.  This process is what Parker called Energy Economizer Technology.

PRINCIPLES LEARNED: The Basis for EET Technology

Motor Commanded Power Control versus. Technology Commanded Motor Power Control At the heart of the EET Science, is the understanding that it is possible to use the familair properties of induction motor physics to create a motor communication process that allows the motor to control (motor commanded) the EET product. Understanding Load, Speed & Efficiency-related Signals EET Control Pulses correspond to the characteristics of the intial stator inrush current at the beginning of each alternation of current flow.  In other words, it is nearly instantly (400ms) apparent at the current rise (initial stator inrush current), what particular motor condition (lock rotor, 25% load, zero load, etc.) is occurring.  It is this information that EET products process to enable the motor to control itself.  another founding principal another founding principal

EARLY PRODUCT HISTORY: Principles to Practice

A Fundamental Discovery When the application for Energy Economizer Technology arrived at the US Patent Office, it seemed that the concept of motor control had already been patented by frank Nola and NASA.  However upon further review it became apparent that understanding what the motor was doing and designing a control process based on that information was truly fundamental.  a wave pix Accolades, Awards and Licensing While its unrelated cousin, Nola/NASA had arrived months earlier on the scene, EET began to spark the interest of a variety of scholars, investigators and scientists.  Mr. Hedges and Mr. park immediately sent their research and findings to the National Bureau of Standard, hoping for the rare "recommendation."  It its history the NBS has reviewed tens of thousands of products and recommended only a handful.  However after an exhaustive 4 year study, the NBS granted EET Recommendation 187.  Even after 20 years of innovations, the NBS and its new body have handed out less than 500 recommendations.  NBS's recommendation was the crown jewel of EET accoldades during its infancy. NBS award Partnering, Production and Perseverance Its inventors seized on EET's praise and began negotions with some of the largest industrial control companies for licensing.  However motor efficiency wasn't craved by the marketplace and the marginal, but free NASA technology struck the interest of many players.  Many years would pass before Mr. Hedges would create his own company and begin his foray into the industry.  In a variety of business ventures, EET products were designed and produced (over 26,000 were sold) through direct and indirect realtionships with Mr. Hedges.  However, non of these companies ever managed to find an effective way to introduce this product to market.  Though it had its moments, beating out Allen Bradley for a lucrative contract at the Orlando International Airport  (see report). photo of PM3 The Lost Technology Defficent captial, faulty management, and bad luck kept the product from developing and generating revnue.  Therefore Mr. Hedges was forced to re-gain control of the technology that had shown great promise but had been poorly handled into market.  Arbitration stated in 1997 yielded a multi-million dollar award against the main licensee agreement and by year end 1999, Mr. Hedges recovered the Exclusive Licensor Rights to EET patents. circle of partners The Rebirth of EET and Motor Management Many factors have changed since 1980 when this product and its marketing were envisioned.  Today, business efficency in production and maintenance, utility deregulation, soraing energy costs and still no other motor innovations allow the EET science to rise from its tarnished past and meet today's needs and tomarrow's expectation with a new group of partners that can effectively communicate Mr. Hedges vision. motergy logo