Circuit breaker using bimetal of thermal-magnetic trip to sense

Details Circuit breaker using bimetal of thermal-magnetic trip to sense Circuit breaker using bimetal of thermal-magnetic trip to sense

1994-11-08

1996-05-21

Young, Brian K.

Electricity: electrical systems and devices

Safety and protection of systems and devices

Circuit interruption by thermal sensing

337 16, 337108, H02H 504

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055195610

ABSTRACT:
In a circuit breaker having a thermal-magnetic trip, the voltage across the bimetal is used to sense load currents. This voltage signal representative of current through the bimetal can be used as an input to an arcing fault detector. The signal is converted to a bandwidth limited di/dt signal. If the magnitude of the di/dt signal exceeds a threshold indicative of the onset of an arc a predetermined number of times within a given interval, the circuit breaker is tripped. The voltage across the bimetal can also be used in other devices requiring a measure of load current such as, for example, a meter or an overcurrent alarm.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4081852 (1978-03-01), Coley et al.
patent: 5224006 (1993-06-01), MacKenzie et al.
patent: 5420740 (1995-05-01), MacKenzie et al.

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