Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Safety and protection of systems and devices – Ground fault protection
Reexamination Certificate
2005-05-17
2008-10-28
Sherry, Michael J (Department: 2836)
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Safety and protection of systems and devices
Ground fault protection
C324S509000, C324S522000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07443643
ABSTRACT:
An object is to provide an inverter device for an automobile capable of detecting a ground fault with simple circuitry, and in summary, the inverter device has an inverter (inverter module) which generates an AC output from a battery loaded on a vehicle body to drive a motor, and the inverter device comprises a ground fault detection circuit connected between a negative line of the battery and the vehicle body, and a controller, wherein the ground fault detection circuit includes a serial circuit of a resistor element and a condenser element or a serial circuit of a plurality of resistor elements, and a potential at a connection point of the elements is input to the controller to detect a ground fault.
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Kitov Zeev
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Sanyo Electric Co,. Ltd.
Sherry Michael J
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