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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:
Apr. 27, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce C Beihoff, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Charles J Tennies, Waukesha, WI (US);
Jerome K Hastings, Sussex, WI (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324536 ; 324127 ;
Abstract
An arc detector antenna transducer (62) for an electric circuit has an electrified conductor (46) connecting a voltage source (26) to a load (30). The arc detector transducer includes an E field sensor (66) sensing the E field established about the conductor by the occurrence of an electrical arc in the circuit, and a B field sensor (68) sensing the B field established about the conductor by the occurrence of the electrical arc in the circuit.