Electrical current sensing apparatus

US6130599A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Eaton Corporation · US

Inventors

• Mark A. Juds · New Berlin, US
• Kurt von Eckroth · Oconomowoc, US
• Charles J. Tennies · Waukesha, US
• James E. Hansen · Panama City, US
• Mark G. Solveson · Oconomowoc, US
• Jerome K. Hastings · Sussex, US
• Scott A. Reid · Brookfield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 3, 1999
• Grant date: Oct 10, 2000
• Expiry date: Aug 3, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10N52/00

Abstract

An electrical sensing apparatus includes a conductor having longitudinally extending sections with parallel central axes and a connector section which extends between the longitudinally extending sections. The connector section has a central axis which extends parallel to the central axes of the longitudinally extending sections. A magnetic flux sensor is disposed adjacent to the connector section to detect variations in current conducted through the conductor. The magnetic flux sensor may be at least partially disposed in a slot in the connector section and have a flux sensitive side surface which extends perpendicular to a central axis of the connector section. The magnetic flux sensor may include an electrically insulating material which is at least partially enclosed by the connector section and a Hall effect device which is supported by the electrically insulating material. The electrically insulating material may be disposed in engagement with the connector section.