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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2015
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Patrick Thomas Walsh, Coraopolis, PA (US);
Theodore James Miller, Oakdale, PA (US);
EATON CORPORATION, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A circuit interrupter includes a first terminal structured to electrically connect to a power source, a second terminal structured to electrically connect to a load, separable contacts electrically connected between the first terminal and the second terminal and being moveable between a closed position and an open position, an operating mechanism structured to trip open the separable contacts, an electronic trip unit structured to detect a fault condition based on power flowing between the first and second terminals and to retrieve diagnostic or setting information associated with the circuit interrupter, and a wireless unit structured to provide the setting or diagnostic information associated with the circuit interrupter to an external device via a wireless communication protocol.