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Trip signal verifying method and apparatus

US6611411B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 6, 2001
Grant dateAug 26, 2003
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Expiry dateMay 18, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02H3/05
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A verifying trip unit includes a microcontroller providing a plurality of input signals to a logic device for controlling a trip unit actuator. The logic device produces an output signal for controlling a trip unit actuator. In response to the plurality of input signals, the logic device provides an output signal indicative of a function performed on the signals for opening the circuit breaker contacts in an overcurrent condition.

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