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Communication interface apparatus for an electrical distribution panel, and system and electrical distribution panel including the same

US8004418B2 · kind B2 · utility

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10References

23Claims

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Assignee

Eaton Corporation · US

Inventors

Engelbert Hetzmannseder · Chicago, US
William J. Murphy · Baton Rouge, US
Robert T. Elms · Monroeville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 5, 2008
Grant date	Aug 23, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 24, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH02H3/335
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system includes a number of electrical switching apparatus having separable contacts, an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts, a trip mechanism cooperating with the operating mechanism to trip open the separable contacts, a test circuit structured to test the trip mechanism and determine a failure to protect condition thereof, and a communication circuit structured to communicate the failure to protect condition. The system also includes an electrical distribution panel having a housing housing the number of electrical switching apparatus, and a communication interface structured to receive the failure to protect condition from the communication circuit and annunciate the failure to protect condition.

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