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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2020
Virga Systems Llc, Cheyenne, WY (US);
Vahid Madani, Crockett, CA (US);
Ronald E. Smith, Antioch, CA (US);
Robert B. Stuart, San Tan Valley, AZ (US);
Kenneth Hyung Choi, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Justin Dongjin Choi, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Viking Sentinel Technology, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure pertains to detection of abnormal, risky, or aberrant conditions in a power distribution network and to corresponding trip signals being used to trip open devices such as reclosers upstream of where the abnormal condition is detected. Detection of a missing broadband over power-line signal or of an open circuit between phases of a power distribution circuit may prevent severed conductors from causing a ground fault, therefore avoiding the possibility of fire and dangerous conditions.