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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2023
Applicant:
Tower Manufacturing Corp., Providence, RI (US);
Inventors:
Victor V Aromin, West Warwick, RI (US);
Louis J. Shatkin, Warwick, RI (US);
Assignee:
Tower Manufacturing Corp., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/16 (2006.01); G01R 31/08 (2020.01); G01R 31/52 (2020.01); H01H 83/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/162 (2013.01); G01R 31/086 (2013.01); G01R 31/52 (2020.01); H01H 83/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A LCDI power cord circuit is provided. The circuit includes energizing shielded wires and monitoring the energized shields for surges, e.g., arcing, and/or voltage drops, e.g., shield breaks detected by a Power Cord Fault Circuit (PCFC). The PCFC includes one dual purpose amplifying/switch transistor and the LCDI power cord circuit does not include any discrete capacitive components.