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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Inventors:
John J. Shea, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Mark A. Juds, New Berlin, WI (US);
Christian Ruempler, Marshall Township, PA (US);
Assignee:
EATON CORPORATION, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 1/00 (2006.01); H01H 71/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 1/0023 (2013.01); H01H 71/7463 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic circuit includes a number of sensors structured to detect an arc flash from an uncontrolled arcing fault, and a trigger circuit, responsive to the detected arc flash, structured to trigger a triggering mechanism and cause a breakdown of a number of gaps within a low voltage arc flash switch.