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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2011
Bruce W. Mcbee, Brookfield, WI (US);
Gregg James Haensgen, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
John Fredrick Banting, Waukesha, WI (US);
William J. Kostolni, Crivitz, WI (US);
Bryan C. Cochran, Lakeville, MN (US);
Bruce W. McBee, Brookfield, WI (US);
Gregg James Haensgen, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
John Fredrick Banting, Waukesha, WI (US);
William J. Kostolni, Crivitz, WI (US);
Bryan C. Cochran, Lakeville, MN (US);
Cooper Technologies Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for securing to and collecting power from an electrical conductor including a wire clamp that clamps to and secures the apparatus to the electrical conductor, a current transformer ('CT') that clamps to the electrical conductor and collects power from the electrical conductor, and a housing including a cavity that encloses circuitry associated with the apparatus. According to various aspects, the circuitry may include one or more sensors and wireless communications circuitry, and the CT may include a core and an electrical winding that receives an induced current from magnetic flux generated according to alternating current present on the electrical conductor.