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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2019
S&c Electric Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Alejandro Montenegro, Chicago, IL (US);
Raphael Guio, Barrington, IL (US);
Claire Schauble, Chicago, IL (US);
S&C Electric Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A current transformer assembly for harvesting power from a primary conductor, such as a power line, for operating electronics, where the assembly is secured to the conductor while the conductor is connected. The assembly includes a current transformer having a transformer structure with a central opening that accepts the primary conductor and a spindle member for accepting a current transformer magnetic tape operating as the core of the current transformer. The assembly also includes a tape carrier secured to the structure on which the transformer tape is wound, and a winding device operable to unwind the transformer tape from the tape carrier and wind the tape onto the spindle member.