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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:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward E Kim, Burlington, CT (US);
John J Dougherty, Collegeville, PA (US);
Esteban Santos, Farmington, CT (US);
David Arnold, Chester, CT (US);
Richard E Saunders, Granby, CT (US);
Ronald D Ciarcia, Bristol, CT (US);
James I Smith, Avon, CT (US);
Richard A Menelly, Burlington, CT (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361 93 ; 361 42 ; 361 97 ; 361102 ; 361 933 ; 361 935 ; 361 936 ;
Abstract
A circuit interrupter of the type including an electronic trip unit for overcurrent determination includes a separate circuit to power the trip unit along with a Hall Effect or GMR Device to sense the current flow within the protected circuit. A removable option plug electrically interconnects with the trip unit to enable ground fault and arcing fault protection.