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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2008
Nataniel Barbosa Vicente, Prospect, KY (US);
Brian Patrick Lenhart, Louisville, KY (US);
Stephen James West, Louisville, KY (US);
Todd Greenwood, Pewee Valley, KY (US);
Nataniel Barbosa Vicente, Prospect, KY (US);
Brian Patrick Lenhart, Louisville, KY (US);
Stephen James West, Louisville, KY (US);
Todd Greenwood, Pewee Valley, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A rating plug for an electronic trip unit is disclosed. The rating plug has a housing with a plurality of switches disposed within the housing, each of the switches positionable in one of two positions. The settings of the switches establish a digital signature associated with the rating plug, providing for a universal rating plug that can be used on any circuit breaker that is accepting of the rating plug and that has a sensor value equal to or greater than the rating plug current rating. For instance, a rating plug having a 1000 Amp rating can be used on any circuit breaker sensor for use at or above 1000 A.