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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2011
Dejan Radosavljevic, Lafayette, NY (US);
Thomas N. Packard, Syracuse, NY (US);
Bruce F. Macbeth, Syracuse, NY (US);
James P. Romano, Syracuse, NY (US);
Dejan Radosavljevic, Lafayette, NY (US);
Thomas N. Packard, Syracuse, NY (US);
Bruce F. Macbeth, Syracuse, NY (US);
James P. Romano, Syracuse, NY (US);
Pass & Seymour, Inc., Syracuse, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring device that includes at least one user accessible input mechanism and a test assembly configured to initiate a self-test in response to stimulus signal. The self test determines whether a sensor, a fault detection circuit or a circuit interrupter assembly are in an operational mode or are in a failure mode, the reset stimulus being provided in the operational mode and a reset lockout stimulus being provided in the failure mode. The device also including a reset lockout mechanism coupled to the circuit interrupter assembly and the test assembly. The reset lockout mechanism is configured to disable the reset stimulus in response to the reset lockout stimulus if any one of the at least one sensor, at least one fault detection circuit, or circuit interrupter assembly is determined to be in the failure mode after a predetermined time elapses.