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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Henry J Zylstra, Alburnett, IA (US);
Assignee:
Square D Company, Palatine, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ; H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361156 ; 361 16 ; 361 47 ; 363 53 ; 363 87 ;
Abstract
A power supply incorporating a fault detection circuit controlling a circuit breaker is described. The power supply is isolated from relatively large applied DC voltages. This isolation is provided by a coupling capacitor in each of the line leads. The tripping energy for the circuit breaker can be provided either directly from the full wave rectifier output, or directly from the line lead or leads. In the case of the former, a reservoir capacitor may be used for storage of charge for tripping of the circuit breaker.