Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Safety and protection of systems and devices – Ground fault protection
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-27
2009-12-15
Paladini, Albert W (Department: 2836)
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Safety and protection of systems and devices
Ground fault protection
C361S043000, C361S044000, C361S045000, C361S046000, C361S047000, C361S048000, C361S049000, C361S050000, C361S093100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07633727
ABSTRACT:
A circuit interrupter includes band pass filters cooperating with a current sensor to output bands having different, non-overlapping ranges of frequencies, peak detectors cooperating with the filters to detect corresponding peak current values, envelope detectors cooperating with the filters to detect corresponding occurrences from the bands being within corresponding predetermined magnitude ranges, a counter counting the occurrences, and a processor providing and disabling series arc detection when sensed current is greater than a first predetermined value. The processor determines tallies responsive to peak current values exceeding corresponding thresholds, determines series arcing from sensed current being less than the first predetermined value for a predetermined time, the tally for a current half-cycle being nonzero, and a count for the current half-cycle being different than the count for an immediately previous half-cycle of like polarity by at least a second predetermined value. A series chaos accumulator is increased responsive to series arcing.
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Miller Theodore J.
Parker Kevin L.
Shea John J.
Zhou Xin
Eaton Corporation
Moran Martin J.
Paladini Albert W
Patel Dharti
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