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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Ontario Power Generation Inc., Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/327 (2006.01); H01H 47/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/3278 (2013.01); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); G05B 19/0425 (2013.01); H01H 47/002 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02);
Abstract
A monitoring apparatus configured to monitor status of a relay, the monitoring apparatus comprising: a connector, for mating with corresponding pins of the relay; a microcontroller unit (MCU), for detecting a status of the relay from the pins of the relay; and a Near Field Communication (NFC) unit, for reporting the status of the relay to a NFC reader.