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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Patrick D. Galbreath, Louisville, KY (US);
Craig Lung-Pei Tsai, Louisville, KY (US);
Almir Begovich, Louisville, KY (US);
Gregory Michael Thomas, Louisville, KY (US);
Jonathan D. Nelson, Louisville, KY (US);
John Michael Todd, Louisville, KY (US);
Robert Jules Lafleur, Louisville, KY (US);
Brice Alan Bowley, Goshen, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for protecting an electrical junction having a first pin and a second pin is provided. The system includes a first circuit protection device coupled to the first pin and configured to sense at least a first current and a second circuit protection device coupled to the second pin and configured to sense at least a second current. Each of the first circuit protection device and the second circuit protection device includes a trip mechanism configured to interrupt current flowing through a respective circuit protection device and a trip unit operatively coupled to the trip mechanism. The trip unit is configured to activate the trip mechanism based on a determination that a respective current exceeds a predetermined threshold.