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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:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul A. Reid, Marion, IA (US);
Steven M. Meehleder, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Assignee:
Square D Company, Palatine, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/08 ;
Abstract
A wide input range power supply for a circuit protection and/or fault detector device includes a passive supply for providing power to a load under nominal input voltage conditions at or near the nominal line voltage with minimum power loss, and a linear regulating supply path for assisting the passive supply at an input line voltage substantially below the nominal line voltage value.