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Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 17, 2019
Applicant:

Schneider Electric Usa, Inc., Andover, MA (US);

Inventor:

Chad R. Mittelstadt, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);

Assignee:

Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Boston, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 7/00 (2006.01); H02H 9/02 (2006.01); H02H 3/08 (2006.01); H02H 3/10 (2006.01); H02H 3/00 (2006.01); H02H 1/00 (2006.01); H02H 3/093 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/006 (2013.01); H02H 1/0007 (2013.01); H02H 3/093 (2013.01); H01H 7/00 (2013.01); H02H 3/08 (2013.01); H02H 3/105 (2013.01); H02H 9/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A field programmable circuit breaker receives a measurement of a displacement of a terminal spring element, from a detector associated with the terminal spring element, when a field wire is inserted into the terminal spring element. The terminal spring element provides a wire clamp force in a terminal configured to receive the inserted field wire. A trip current value is determined based on the wire size and a time interval is measured during which the current in the field wire is continuously greater than the trip current value. A trip curve is accessed corresponding to the trip current value to determine whether the measured time interval exceeds a maximum interval indicated by the trip curve. A tripping signal provided to a current monitoring unit interrupts the current when the measured interval exceeds the maximum interval for the measured current to be continuously greater than the trip current value.


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Mittelstadt, Chad. (2022). Auto wire-size detection in branch circuit breakers (U.S. Patent No. 11271383). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11271383

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