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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:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2010
Applicant:
William Ziegler, Reading, MA (US);
Inventor:
William Ziegler, Reading, MA (US);
Assignee:
American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a method of monitoring an electrical connection, the method comprising monitoring a temperature of the electrical connection, monitoring a level of current passing through the electrical connection, and determining, in response to monitoring temperature and current, whether the temperature of the electrical connection exceeds a temperature threshold associated with the level of current passing through the electrical connection.