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Device and method for overvoltage protection

US6031701A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 5, 1998
Grant dateFeb 29, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 5, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02P2101/45
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An overvoltage protective arrangement to protect an electrical installation against overvoltages, which installation has an onboard power supply system fed by an electrical D.C. generator (9) and electrical devices connected thereto. The overvoltage protective arrangement is provided with a limiting device whose threshold value is above the rated generator voltage.

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