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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2008
Cecil Rivers, Jr., West Hartford, CT (US);
Thomas Frederick Papallo, Jr., Farmington, CT (US);
Cecil Rivers, Jr., West Hartford, CT (US);
Thomas Frederick Papallo, Jr., Farmington, CT (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A motor control center communication system configured to interface with a communication network. The system includes a plurality of motor control units (MCUs), and a MCU controller configured to transmit and receive data signals via the communication network to and from, the plurality of MCUs. Each of the plurality of MCUs includes a magnetic contactor having electrical contacts operable between open and closed positions, and a local control module operatively connected to the associated magnetic contactor and to the MCU controller, and configured to monitor a status of the electrical contacts, transmit the monitored status information to the MCU controller, and actuate the associated magnetic contactor based on data signals received from the MCU controller.