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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2010
Joseph C. Zuercher, Brookfield, WI (US);
Birger Pahl, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Charles J. Luebke, Sussex, WI (US);
Brian Thomas Pier, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Jerome K. Hastings, Sussex, WI (US);
Vijay Bhavaraju, Germantown, WI (US);
Joseph C. Zuercher, Brookfield, WI (US);
Birger Pahl, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Charles J. Luebke, Sussex, WI (US);
Brian Thomas Pier, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Jerome K. Hastings, Sussex, WI (US);
Vijay Bhavaraju, Germantown, WI (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A protection apparatus is for a direct current electrical generating apparatus. The protection apparatus includes a first terminal; a second terminal; a third terminal; a fourth terminal; at least one current sensor structured to sense current flowing between the first and second terminals or between the third and fourth terminals; a voltage sensor structured to sense a voltage between the first terminal and the third terminal; at least one switch structured to interrupt the current flowing between the first and second terminals or between the third and fourth terminals; and a processor cooperating with the at least one current sensor, the voltage sensor and the at least one switch, and being structured to provide feed forward fault protection for the direct current electrical generating apparatus.