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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:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2004
John E Mladenik, Escondido, CA (US);
David L Evans, Escondido, CA (US);
Jose M Barba, San Diego, CA (US);
Wayne L Larson, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Daniel E. Fish, San Diego, CA (US);
Gerald Bench, Spring Lake, NJ (US);
John E Mladenik, Escondido, CA (US);
David L Evans, Escondido, CA (US);
Jose M Barba, San Diego, CA (US);
Wayne L Larson, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Daniel E. Fish, San Diego, CA (US);
Gerald Bench, Spring Lake, NJ (US);
TDG Aerospace, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and apparatus for fault detection and interruption in power lines are provided. Circuitry is implemented via software and hardware that is configured to sense an operational aspect of a power line and apply signal processing to the sensed operational aspect to detect faults including different types of faults such as transient and steady state faults and can also be configured to identify the type of fault. Information on the fault and the identification of the type of fault can be displayed, stored, or some other output operation can be implemented. Circuitry can be implemented to provide digital signal processing and analog signal processing to, for example, independently and in parallel (e.g., redundant operation) detect faults and respond to faults as they occur (i.e., in real time). The types of faults can include transient type faults that can include ground, arc, line-to-line, and imbalance type faults and can also include steady state type faults (e.g., those showing wear in the machinery of a load).