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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2017
Applicant:
GE Aviation Systems Limited, Cheltenham, GB;
Inventors:
Peter James Handy, Cheltenham, GB;
Julian Peter Mayes, Cheltenham, GB;
Assignee:
GE Aviation Systems Limited, Cheltenham, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/12 (2020.01); G01R 31/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/327 (2006.01); G01R 31/50 (2020.01); H02H 1/00 (2006.01); H01H 9/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/1272 (2013.01); G01R 31/008 (2013.01); G01R 31/327 (2013.01); G01R 31/50 (2020.01); H02H 1/0015 (2013.01); H02H 1/0092 (2013.01); B64D 2221/00 (2013.01); H01H 9/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for detecting arc faults in a circuit having a switch (), including a leakage current management device (), an arc fault detector () arranged to monitor output voltage and to send a signal representative of the output voltage, and a controller () coupled to the arc fault detector (). The controller () is configured to monitor the output voltage signal, compare the output to a threshold, and if the output exceeds the threshold, provide an arc fault indication.