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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2015
GE Energy Power Conversion Technology Ltd, Rugby, Warwickshire, GB;
David Everett Frye, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Philip Edgar Crapse Stone, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Daniel Francis Opila, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Robert Gregory Wagoner, Salem, VA (US);
Siddharth Pant, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Shrutish Dawande, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
GE ENERGY POWER CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY LTD, Rugby, Warwickshire, GB;
Abstract
Provided is a fault isolation apparatus for an inverter configured for coupling to an external power supply. The apparatus includes a plurality of fault detection devices, each configured to (i) complete an electrical path between the inverter and the external power supply and (ii) detect a fault along its respective electrical path. The apparatus also includes a controller configured to instruct the fault detection device to complete its respective electrical path only when the path is devoid of the detected fault.