Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Safety and protection of systems and devices – With specific circuit breaker or control structure
Patent
1981-08-19
1982-11-23
Moose, Jr., Harry E.
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Safety and protection of systems and devices
With specific circuit breaker or control structure
307140, 340660, 361156, 361187, H01H 326
Patent
active
043608531
ABSTRACT:
A sensing circuit is disclosed for simultaneously and continuously monitoring the impedance of a trip coil of the type used to actuate synchronously operated circuit breakers, and the charge on a capacitor used to power the trip coil. The sensor comprises a circuit including the trip coil, the capacitor, a large resistance and a photo-diode connected together in series. A d.c. voltage is continuously applied across the capacitor, maintaining it charged and causing a constant direct current to flow through the other three components. The magnitude of the current will fall below a predetermined threshold value if either the capacitor voltage, which is proportional to the charge stored on the capacitor, falls below a certain level or the resistance of the trip coil rises above a certain level. The photo-diode produces a light signal representative of the current therethrough. The light signal is conveyed by an electrically insulative but optically transmissive medium, preferably an optical fiber bundle, to a circuit at ground potential which produces an indication of the magnitude of the light signal. Preferably the latter circuit comprises a relay which is closed when the photo-diode current is above the threshold level and open whenever the photo-diode current falls below the threshold level, indicating a fault in either the capacitor or the trip coil.
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patent: 3670175 (1972-06-01), Zinck-Petersen et al.
patent: 3678339 (1972-07-01), Sun et al.
patent: 3780349 (1973-12-01), Nitta et al.
Brown Boveri Electric Inc.
Moose Jr. Harry E.
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