The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2010
Michael Koch, Vienna, AT;
Michael Koch, Vienna, AT;
Eaton Industries (Austria) GmbH, Schrems, AT;
Abstract
An arc detector comprises an analysis unit for evaluating the first measurement signal according to at least one first evaluation scheme for detecting an arc or at least one electrical effect of the arc on the electrical load network (), wherein the electrical installation arrangement () further comprises at least one first tripping unit (), which switches off the first switch () and disconnects the load () () in such a way if an arc is detected by the arc detector (), wherein in order to reduce false tripping events, a second analysis and/or evaluation scheme is provided, the first evaluation scheme has a higher sensitivity than the second evaluation scheme, the second evaluation scheme is provided if a first living being of a specifiable type is present in a specifiable first surrounding area around the first load (), and the first evaluation scheme is provided if the first living being is present in the first surrounding area.