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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2010
John Kenneth Hooker, Louisville, KY (US);
Hardik Upadhyay, Monroe, CT (US);
Gitika Tantuwaya, Louisville, KY (US);
John Kenneth Hooker, Louisville, KY (US);
Hardik Upadhyay, Monroe, CT (US);
Gitika Tantuwaya, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A circuit protection device includes a plasma gun, at least one capacitor communicatively coupled to the plasma gun, and a monitoring circuit communicatively coupled to the at least one capacitor. The capacitor is configured to store electrical energy and to provide the electrical energy to the plasma gun. The monitoring circuit is configured to measure a charge property of the at least one capacitor, determine a charge status of the at least one capacitor based on the measured charge property, and output at least one signal indicative of the charge status.