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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2008
Triplicane Gopikrishnan Babu, Andra Pradesh, IN;
Janakiraman Narayanan, Andra Pradesh, IN;
Mahesh Jaywant Rane, Secunderabad, IN;
Soundararajan Narayanasamy, Hyderabad, IN;
Triplicane Gopikrishnan Babu, Andra Pradesh, IN;
Janakiraman Narayanan, Andra Pradesh, IN;
Mahesh Jaywant Rane, Secunderabad, IN;
Soundararajan Narayanasamy, Hyderabad, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a breaker interlock system. The system includes, a trip unit for a breaker, and a breaker receptive of the trip unit. The breaker is closable when the trip unit is assembled thereto and the breaker is non-closable when the trip unit is not assembled to the breaker. The interlock system is further configured to prevent disassembly of the trip unit from the breaker when the breaker is in a closed configuration. The breaker having a plurality of solenoids and each of the plurality of solenoids is in operable communication with the breaker to trip the breaker on command. A first of the plurality of solenoids is responsive to a signal from the breaker via the trip unit, and a second of the plurality of solenoids is responsive to an externally supplied signal from a source other than the electronic trip unit.