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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2020
Applicant:
Tower Manufacturing Corporation, Providence, RI (US);
Inventors:
Victor V Aromin, West Warwick, RI (US);
Louis Jay Shatkin, Warwick, RI (US);
Assignee:
Tower Manufacturing Corporation, Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/00 (2006.01); H01B 13/22 (2006.01); H02H 3/16 (2006.01); G01R 31/52 (2020.01); H01B 9/00 (2006.01); H01B 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 13/22 (2013.01); G01R 31/52 (2020.01); H01B 9/003 (2013.01); H01B 9/02 (2013.01); H02H 3/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for an LCDI power cord and associated circuits is provided. The system and method include energizing shielded neutral wires and shielded line wires and monitoring the energized shields for surges, e.g., arcing, detected by a Leakage Current Detection Circuit (LCDC) and/or voltage drops, e.g., shield breaks, detected by a Shield Integrity Circuit (SIC).