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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:
Dec. 11, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Milton D Bloomer, Scotia, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361 93 ; 361101 ;
Abstract
A protection circuit for a capacitively ballasted load provides decreased load current in the event of a circuit arc. The A.C. load current is measured at a time shortly after a load current zero crossing; if a non-zero load current is present, the load is operating normally and no action is taken, whereas if the load current remains at an essentially zero magnitude, indicative of circuit arcing conditions, normal load operation is inhibited.