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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2012
Cecilia Maria Thomas, Shepherdsville, KY (US);
John Kenneth Hooker, Louisville, KY (US);
Scott Jeffrey Hall, Louisville, KY (US);
Prerana Gajanan Kulkarni, Sellersburg, IN (US);
Cecilia Maria Thomas, Shepherdsville, KY (US);
John Kenneth Hooker, Louisville, KY (US);
Scott Jeffrey Hall, Louisville, KY (US);
Prerana Gajanan Kulkarni, Sellersburg, IN (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A charging device for a power storage device includes a power conduit configured to deliver current to the power storage device and a detection system configured to be coupled to the power conduit. The detection system includes a current control device coupled to the power conduit and configured to control the current delivered to the power storage device. The detection system also includes a test conductor, a current sensor coupled to the test conductor, and a controller coupled to the current sensor by the test conductor. The current sensor is arranged to detect an amount of current within the test conductor and configured to generate a current measurement signal representative of the current detected. The controller is configured to generate a test signal, transmit the test signal through the test conductor, receive the current measurement signal, and determine a status of the detection system based on the current measurement signal.