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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2018
Schneider Electric Usa, Inc., Andover, MA (US);
Randall Gass, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Jason Potratz, Coralville, IA (US);
Dennis William Fleege, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Chad Mittelstadt, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Brett Larson, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Paul Reid, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Andover, MA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for auto-monitoring a trip solenoid and a switching semiconductor in a circuit breaker comprises determining whether the trip solenoid or the switching semiconductor is open-circuited or otherwise non-operational. The trip solenoid has multiple windings therein and the switching semiconductor has multiple semiconductor switches therein. The circuit breaker automatically performs a designated action if one of the multiple windings or one of the semiconductor switches is determined to be open-circuited or otherwise non-operational. In some embodiments, the circuit breaker is a miniature circuit breaker.