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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:
Mar. 18, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
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 45 ; 361115 ;
Abstract
A ground fault protector includes a conventional ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) electronic module which receives operating power over a separate supply circuit to render the protector operable in affording personnel ground fault protection for a circuit whose nominal voltage is inappropriate to power the module. The protector includes contacts operating in both the supply and protected circuits such that, in the event of a ground fault on the protected circuit, both circuits are interrupted. The supply circuit is also equipped to simulate a ground fault condition for verifying operability of the protector.