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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 28, 2012
Applicant:

Abb Technology Ag, Zurich, CH;

Inventors:

Wei Huang, Oviedo, FL (US);

Khoi Nguyen, Sanford, FL (US);

Douglas A. Voda, Sanford, FL (US);

David C. Lawrence, Raleigh, NC (US);

Harshavardhan M. Karandikar, Longwood, FL (US);

Assignee:

ABB TECHNOLOGY AG, Zurich, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); G01R 31/327 (2006.01); H02H 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/182 (2013.01); G01R 31/327 (2013.01); G01R 31/3277 (2013.01); H02H 6/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for monitoring an operating condition of an electrical component, such as electrical switchgear. In one example, temperatures associated with an electrical conductor connection within the electrical component may be evaluated against one or more expected temperatures curves derived from a linear regression model to determine whether the electrical conductor connection has failed or is starting to fail. In another example, temperature readings may be monitored to determine whether a temperature reading at one location is out of sync with temperature readings at other locations. An electrical conductor connection associated with a location of the out of sync temperature may be determined as faulty. In another example, a Euclidean distance model and/or a correlation coefficient model may be used to identify a faulty electrical conductor connection. In this way, failure and/or potential failure of the electrical component may be predicted.


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