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Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 30, 2023
Applicant:

Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;

Inventors:

James William Thompson, Aliquippa, PA (US);

James Nicholas Skoczlas, Bridgeville, PA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/00 (2006.01); H02H 3/08 (2006.01); H02H 9/02 (2006.01); H02H 9/04 (2006.01); H02H 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/005 (2013.01); H02H 3/08 (2013.01); H02H 9/02 (2013.01); H02H 9/04 (2013.01); H02H 9/044 (2013.01); H02H 9/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus includes a surge protection device, a current sensor configured to sense a current through the surge protection device, and a surge discriminator circuit coupled to the current sensor and configured to discriminate among a plurality of surge levels for the surge protective device responsive to the sensed current. The current sensor may include a current transformer configured to generate a secondary current responsive to the sensed current and the surge discriminator circuit may be configured to discriminate among a plurality of surge levels responsive to the generated secondary current.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Thompson, James. (2025). Surge protection devices with surge level discrimination and methods of operating the same (U.S. Patent No. 12506335). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12506335

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