The overload protection device has an instantaneous current limiter (1) with a controller (5) that responds to a current threshold being exceeded by blocking a branch pair (4) and responds to the current falling below the threshold by re-enabling the branc...

A motor/generator (20) is provided with plural groups of coils (6), and inverters (30) supplying a polyphase AC current converted from a DC current to each group of coils (6) in response to pulse width modulation signals output by a microprocessor (25, 35)...