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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Applicant:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Inventors:
Robert T. Elms, Monroeville, PA (US);
Sandy O. Jimenez, Monaca, PA (US);
Engelbert Hetzmannseder, Vienna, AT;
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 5/047 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method provides electronic overload protection having a thermal trip level. The method executes a function by a processor; provides the electronic overload protection by the function executed by the processor; and adjusts the thermal trip level by the function executed by the processor in order to mimic adjusting a physical thermal characteristic of a thermal time constant of a fixed mechanical system.