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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2011
John J. Shea, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Robert Kirkland Smith, Ithaca, NY (US);
Benjamin A. Rosenkrans, Painted Post, NY (US);
Louis G. Campbell, Elmira, NY (US);
John J. Shea, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Robert Kirkland Smith, Ithaca, NY (US);
Benjamin A. Rosenkrans, Painted Post, NY (US);
Louis G. Campbell, Elmira, NY (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A triggered arc flash arrester includes an envelope structured to operate at: a pressure less than about 1.33 Pa; or a pressure greater than 0.10857 MPa; a plurality of conductors partially disposed within the envelope; a number of gaps disposed between the plurality of conductors within the envelope; and a shorting structure selected from the group consisting of a triggered gap and a fuse. The shorting structure is operatively associated with the number of gaps. The shorting structure is structured to electrically short the plurality of conductors either together or to ground, in order to create an arc within the envelope which is electrically in parallel to an arc fault causing the arc fault internal to switchgear to be extinguished.