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Arc detector transducer using an E and B field sensor

US5206596A · kind A · utility

109Cited by
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 28, 1991
Grant dateApr 27, 1993
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Expiry dateMar 28, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02H1/0015
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An arc detector antenna transducer (62) for an electric circuit has an electrified conductor (46) connecting a voltage source (26) to a load (30). The arc detector transducer includes an E field sensor (66) sensing the E field established about the conductor by the occurrence of an electrical arc in the circuit, and a B field sensor (68) sensing the B field established about the conductor by the occurrence of the electrical arc in the circuit.

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