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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 10, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shigeru Matsumoto, Fukuyama, JP;
Toshihiro Akiyama, Fukuyama, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361 93 ; 361 96 ; 340663 ;
Abstract
A circuit breaker has leakage current detecting functions, that is leakage detection, leakage alarm and disconnection the circuit in the leakage state from the power source side; in order to conduct such functions, the circuit breaker comprises a magnetic release device for disconnecting a circuit in the leakage state, a zero-phase current transformer for detecting a leakage current, a sensitivity selector, an amplifier and a leakage relay for issuing a leakage alarm signal.