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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:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John A Pollman, Seymour, CT (US);
Raymond K Seymour, Plainville, CT (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361 93 ; 361 54 ;
Abstract
An integrated circuit breaker is provided with shunt trip capability along with automatic overcurrent protection through the circuit breaker trip unit and shunt trip module. The shunt trip module further provides auxiliary power to the trip unit and allows the trip unit microprocessor to report and record the shunt trip operation. The trip unit communicates with the circuit breaker operating mechanism to determine the ON-OFF status of the circuit breaker contacts.