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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2006
Applicant:
Robert T. Elms, Monroeville, PA (US);
Inventor:
Robert T. Elms, Monroeville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/08 (2006.01); H02H 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A miniature circuit breaker includes separable contacts, an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts, a microprocessor including a thermal overload predictive function, and a shunt wire in series with the separable contacts. The shunt wire is structured to measure current flowing through the separable contacts for the thermal overload predictive function and an arc fault protective function.