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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2017
Schneider Electric Industries Sas, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Pierre Blanchard, Voreppe, FR;
Jean-Baptiste Bernard, Seyssinet-Pariset, FR;
Schneider Electric Industries SAS, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Abstract
A device for monitoring the activity of at least one first and one second processing unit fitted to an electric trip unit, each processing unit including a first activity-indicating circuit sending an activity signal to another processing unit and a monitoring circuit comparing a received activity signal with a reference signal. Each processing unit activates a first tripping circuit and/or an auxiliary output when the received activity signal is different from the reference signal. A circuit-breaker including such a monitoring device and a method for monitoring the operation of an electric trip unit including at least two processing units.