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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2008
Chao Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Qing Jia, Shanghai, CN;
Angelo R. Bortolus, Mississauga, CA;
F. Michael Frayne, Waterloo, CA;
Jeffrey David Gandier, Ayr, CA;
Xiang Jing, Shanghai, CN;
Chao Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Qing Jia, Shanghai, CN;
Angelo R. Bortolus, Mississauga, CA;
F. Michael Frayne, Waterloo, CA;
Jeffrey David Gandier, Ayr, CA;
Xiang Jing, Shanghai, CN;
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for identifying the health status of a contactor include the steps of counting the number of operations performed by the contactor, identifying a closing time of the contactor, using the number of operations and the closing time to assess the health status of the contactor and, where the health of the contactor is a first health status, reporting the health status of the contactor.