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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2007
Thomas F. Papallo, Farmington, CT (US);
Gregory P. Lavoie, Bristol, CT (US);
David G. Fletcher, Simsbury, CT (US);
Ertugrul Berkcan, Clifton Park, NY (US);
William James Premerlani, Scotia, NY (US);
Thomas F. Papallo, Farmington, CT (US);
Gregory P. Lavoie, Bristol, CT (US);
David G. Fletcher, Simsbury, CT (US);
Ertugrul Berkcan, Clifton Park, NY (US);
William James Premerlani, Scotia, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed for providing protection against arc flash during maintenance on a low voltage power circuit including a circuit breaker having a specified trip function for responding to a fault is provided. The specified trip function is overridden with a maintenance trip function that results in reduced arc energy in the fault during a trip over arc energy during a trip with the specified trip function. The specified trip function is restored following maintenance.
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