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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 1979
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory C Eckart, Southington, CT (US);
Keith W Klein, Simsbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361 46 ; 361 50 ;
Abstract
A ground fault circuit interrupting (GFCI) device of the type utilized in low voltage, residential type circuits for personnel protection against ground faults is connected in circuit with a high voltage, high current source so as to trip in response to ground fault current returning to the source via a conductor path solidly connecting the source to ground.