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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 1994

Filed:

Sep. 29, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:

Keith R Galloway, Westchester, OH (US);

Dennis G O'Keefe, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Assignee:

Cincinnati Milacron Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219486 ; 219485 ; 219483 ; 219497 ; 307 41 ; 361 87 ;
Abstract

Plural electrical loads supplied with power from a single source are monitored to detect defective loads. Each load is periodically individually energized and current delivered by the source is measured. Measured current for each load is compared with limit values to detect abnormal values. To overcome consequences of supply voltage fluctuations, supply voltage is also measured and admittance of each load is determined from measured current and measured voltage. The admittance value thus determined for each load is compared with limit values to detect abnormal values. Load monitoring of loads energized according to a control algorithm proceeds by periodic momentary suspension of energization according to the control algorithm and energization of selected individual loads.


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