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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:
Aug. 20, 1985
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Merlin E Burkum, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Timothy M O'Regan, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Commonwealth Edison Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324 52 ; 324 / ;
Abstract
An apparatus for identifying defective substation capacitors includes a variable power supply section for supplying an alternating electric current to a de-energized substation capacitor bank without disconnecting the individually fused capacitor from the capacitor bus and a second power measurement section for measuring the magnitude of the electric current entering the capacitor being tested.