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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2019
Applicant:

Amber Semiconductor, Inc., Danville, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mark Telefus, Orinda, CA (US);

Stephen C. Gerber, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/00 (2006.01); H02H 9/08 (2006.01); H01H 71/12 (2006.01); G01R 31/327 (2006.01); H01H 9/54 (2006.01); H01H 83/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 71/125 (2013.01); G01R 31/3277 (2013.01); H01H 9/548 (2013.01); H01H 83/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

Ground-fault circuit interrupter positioned between energy controlled supply circuit and load circuit which includes fault detection circuit that senses ground path current leakage to the load circuit, fault processing circuit that detects presence of fault and generates fault output signal when fault detected, and control circuit switch connected to fault processing signal output, wherein control circuit switch is opened by presence of fault output signal, thus isolating load circuit from supply circuit. Preferably fault processing circuit and control circuit are optically linked, such that when fault is detected, control circuit switch is opened by optical fault output signal, thus isolating load circuit from the supply circuit. Circuit interrupter may couple another circuit interrupter via power distribution control unit, optionally manageable remotely via automated control interface.


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