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Apparatus for monitoring and protecting a device against a plurality of fault conditions

US4600962A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 3, 1983
Grant dateJul 15, 1986
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Expiry dateFeb 3, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H2071/006
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A control system for protecting a computer system against external fault conditions, including, in combination, circuits for monitoring and reacting to a plurality of power supply fault conditions, circuits for monitoring and reacting to a plurality of environmental fault conditions, circuits for monitoring and reacting to unauthorized access fault conditions, and circuits for driving off the supply of 3-phase power to the computer system in response to any one or more of these fault conditions. The invention also includes the various monitoring and reacting circuits in specific subcombinations.

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