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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2007
Applicant:
Gaetano Bonasia, Bronx, NY (US);
Inventor:
Gaetano Bonasia, Bronx, NY (US);
Assignee:
Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc., Melville, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/00 (2006.01); H02H 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A ground detector circuit in the form of a live ground detector circuit. This live ground detector circuit can be combined with a circuit interrupting device. The circuit interrupting device can have a grounding conductive path, and a set of contacts which are configured to break an electrical connection between input and output terminals on the circuit interrupting device when operated. The ground detector when combined with a circuit interrupter, triggers the circuit interrupter into a fault condition when the detector circuit detects the presence of a signal or a fault.