公开(公告)号：US20120092965A1

公开(公告)日：2012-04-19

申请号：US12906244

申请日：2010-10-18

申请人： XIN ZHOU ,  Robert Yanniello ,  Dale L. Gass ,  Birger Pahl ,  Thomas J. Schoepf

发明人： XIN ZHOU ,  Robert Yanniello ,  Dale L. Gass ,  Birger Pahl ,  Thomas J. Schoepf

IPC分类号： H04B1/06

CPC分类号： G01V13/00 ,  G01R31/04 ,  G01R31/086 ,  G01R31/1209 ,  G01R31/1272 ,  H02H1/0023 ,  H02H7/22

摘要： An acoustic sensor system is for an electrical distribution system having a number of phases. The acoustic sensor system comprises: a plurality of sets of acoustic sensors structured to detect an electrical conductivity fault of the electrical distribution system. Each of the plurality of sets includes a number of acoustic sensors. Each of the number of acoustic sensors is for a corresponding one of the number of phases of the electrical distribution system.

摘要翻译： 声传感器系统用于具有多个相位的配电系统。 声学传感器系统包括：多组声学传感器，其被构造成检测配电系统的导电故障。 多个组中的每一个包括多个声学传感器。 多个声学传感器中的每一个用于配电系统的相位数的相应的一个。

公开(公告)号：US08434367B2

公开(公告)日：2013-05-07

申请号：US12906258

申请日：2010-10-18

申请人： Xin Zhou ,  Thomas J. Schoepf

发明人： Xin Zhou ,  Thomas J. Schoepf

IPC分类号： G01H5/00 ,  G06G7/48

CPC分类号： G01R31/08 ,  G01R31/04 ,  G01R31/086 ,  G01R31/1209 ,  G01R31/1272 ,  H02H1/0023 ,  H02H7/22

摘要： An acoustic sensor system includes a first plurality of acoustic sensors, and an acoustic transmitter structured to generate acoustic noise to mimic acoustic noise induced by an electrical conductivity fault. A smaller second number of acoustic sensors of the first plurality of acoustic sensors are structured to identify a plurality of locations in an electrical distribution system having a plurality of electrical joints, in order that the smaller second number of acoustic sensors can monitor the plurality of electrical joints of the electrical distribution system.

摘要翻译： 声学传感器系统包括第一多个声学传感器，以及声发射器，其被构造为产生声学噪声以模拟由电导率故障引起的声学噪声。 第一多个声学传感器的较小的第二数量的声学传感器被构造成识别具有多个电接头的配电系统中的多个位置，以便较小的第二数量的声学传感器可以监测多个电气 配电系统的接头。

公开(公告)号：US08483007B2

公开(公告)日：2013-07-09

申请号：US12906244

申请日：2010-10-18

申请人： Xin Zhou ,  Robert Yanniello ,  Dale L. Gass ,  Birger Pahl ,  Thomas J. Schoepf

发明人： Xin Zhou ,  Robert Yanniello ,  Dale L. Gass ,  Birger Pahl ,  Thomas J. Schoepf

IPC分类号： G01V13/00

CPC分类号： G01V13/00 ,  G01R31/04 ,  G01R31/086 ,  G01R31/1209 ,  G01R31/1272 ,  H02H1/0023 ,  H02H7/22

摘要： An acoustic sensor system is for an electrical distribution system having a number of phases. The acoustic sensor system comprises: a plurality of sets of acoustic sensors structured to detect an electrical conductivity fault of the electrical distribution system. Each of the plurality of sets includes a number of acoustic sensors. Each of the number of acoustic sensors is for a corresponding one of the number of phases of the electrical distribution system.

摘要翻译： 声传感器系统用于具有多个相位的配电系统。 声学传感器系统包括：多组声学传感器，其被构造成检测配电系统的导电故障。 多个组中的每一个包括多个声学传感器。 多个声学传感器中的每一个用于配电系统的相位数的相应的一个。

公开(公告)号：US08040644B2

公开(公告)日：2011-10-18

申请号：US12337093

申请日：2008-12-17

申请人： Jerome K. Hastings ,  Xin Zhou ,  Joseph C. Zuercher ,  Thomas J. Schoepf ,  William E. Beatty, Jr.

发明人： Jerome K. Hastings ,  Xin Zhou ,  Joseph C. Zuercher ,  Thomas J. Schoepf ,  William E. Beatty, Jr.

IPC分类号： H02H3/00 ,  H02H9/08

CPC分类号： H02H1/0015 ,  H02H7/30

摘要： An electrical switching apparatus comprises: a first terminal; a second terminal; separable contacts electrically connected between the first terminal and the second terminal; an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts; and an arc fault trip circuit cooperating with the operating mechanism and structured to trip open the separable contacts responsive to an arc fault condition. An inductor is electrically connected in series between the first terminal and the second terminal. A capacitor includes a first lead electrically connected between the inductor and the second terminal, and a second lead electrically connected to a ground or neutral conductor. The inductor and the capacitor are structured to cooperate with a power circuit impedance downstream of the second terminal to form a filter trap circuit.

摘要翻译： 一种电气开关装置，包括：第一端子; 第二个终端 电连接在第一端子和第二端子之间的可分离触头; 构造成打开和关闭可分离触点的操作机构; 以及电弧故障跳闸电路，其与所述操作机构协作并被构造为响应于电弧故障状况而跳开所述可分离触点。 电感器串联地电连接在第一端子和第二端子之间。 电容器包括电连接在电感器和第二端子之间的第一引线和电连接到接地或中性导体的第二引线。 电感器和电容器被构造成与第二端子下游的电源电路阻抗配合以形成滤波器陷波电路。

公开(公告)号：US20100149700A1

公开(公告)日：2010-06-17

申请号：US12337093

申请日：2008-12-17

申请人： Jerome K. Hastings ,  Xin Zhou ,  Joseph C. Zuercher ,  Thomas J. Schoepf ,  William E. Beatty, JR.

发明人： Jerome K. Hastings ,  Xin Zhou ,  Joseph C. Zuercher ,  Thomas J. Schoepf ,  William E. Beatty, JR.

IPC分类号： H02H3/00

CPC分类号： H02H1/0015 ,  H02H7/30

摘要： An electrical switching apparatus comprises: a first terminal; a second terminal; separable contacts electrically connected between the first terminal and the second terminal; an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts; and an arc fault trip circuit cooperating with the operating mechanism and structured to trip open the separable contacts responsive to an arc fault condition. An inductor is electrically connected in series between the first terminal and the second terminal. A capacitor includes a first lead electrically connected between the inductor and the second terminal, and a second lead electrically connected to a ground or neutral conductor. The inductor and the capacitor are structured to cooperate with a power circuit impedance downstream of the second terminal to form a filter trap circuit.

摘要翻译： 一种电气开关装置，包括：第一端子; 第二个终端 电连接在第一端子和第二端子之间的可分离触头; 构造成打开和关闭可分离触点的操作机构; 以及电弧故障跳闸电路，其与所述操作机构协作并被构造为响应于电弧故障状况而跳开所述可分离触点。 电感器串联地电连接在第一端子和第二端子之间。 电容器包括电连接在电感器和第二端子之间的第一引线和电连接到接地或中性导体的第二引线。 电感器和电容器被构造成与第二端子下游的电源电路阻抗配合以形成滤波器陷波电路。

公开(公告)号：US06833713B2

公开(公告)日：2004-12-21

申请号：US10355567

申请日：2003-01-31

申请人： Thomas J. Schoepf ,  Malakondaiah Naidu ,  Suresh Gopalakrishan

发明人： Thomas J. Schoepf ,  Malakondaiah Naidu ,  Suresh Gopalakrishan

IPC分类号： H01H950

CPC分类号： H02H3/30 ,  H02H1/0015

摘要： A direct current electrical circuit having a smart wire harness that has integrated electronics which measure both voltage and current through wires of the harness to detect and protect the electrical current from parallel and serial arc faults occurring within a protection zone. The protection zone is disposed directly between two smart connectors of the wire harness which are in communication with one another via a series of signal wires of the harness to detect serial or parallel arc faults within the protection zone. To measure serial arc faults, a voltage drop of the positive wire is measured at each smart connector and a difference taken which equals the serial arc voltage. If this voltage differential increases to a preset value, a switching device which provides power to the smart wire harness is opened. To detect parallel arc faults, that is those arcs which jump between the positive wire and the ground wire of the wire harness, a current is measured at both ends of the positive wire of the wire harness via the same smart connectors. If the ending current is less than the beginning current, signaling a parallel arc fault due to the arc resistance of the arc itself, the same switching device is opened.

摘要翻译： 一种具有智能线束的直流电路，该智能线束具有集成电子装置，其通过线束的电线测量电压和电流，以检测和保护电流不受保护区内发生的并联和串联故障的影响。 保护区域直接设置在线束的两个智能连接器之间，它们通过线束的一系列信号线彼此连通，以检测保护区内的串联或并联电弧故障。 为了测量串联电弧故障，在每个智能连接器处测量正极线的电压降，并取得等于串联电弧电压的差值。 如果该电压差增加到预设值，则向智能线束提供电力的开关装置被打开。 为了检测平行电弧故障，即在线束的正极线和接地线之间跳跃的电弧，通过相同的智能连接器在线束的正极线的两端测量电流。 如果结束电流小于起始电流，则由于电弧本身的电弧电阻而发出并联电弧故障，同一个开关装置打开。

公开(公告)号：US06926547B2

公开(公告)日：2005-08-09

申请号：US10013147

申请日：2001-12-10

申请人： Thomas J. Schoepf ,  Rafil Basheer ,  Ismat Abu-Isa

发明人： Thomas J. Schoepf ,  Rafil Basheer ,  Ismat Abu-Isa

IPC分类号： H01H33/76 ,  H01R13/115 ,  H01R13/53

CPC分类号： H01R13/53 ,  H01H33/76 ,  Y10S439/921

摘要： An arc quenching electrical connector has a male pin terminal which inserts longitudinally into a receptacle or terminal having a gassing wall engaged concentrically about the receptacle. During “hot unplugging” of the electrical connector, an arc is carried between a tip of the male pin and a contact surface of a leading end of the receptacle. The gassing wall extends over and is directly engaged to a portion of the contact surface. Because the gassing wall is also preferably an electrical insulator, the arc communicates electrically with the exposed contact surface and is biased directly against the gassing wall. The gassing wall, when heated by the adjacent arc, quenches or reduces the energy of the arc by releasing gas which eliminates arc erosion of the terminals.

摘要翻译： 电弧淬火电连接器具有插入端子或纵向插入端子的公插针端子，所述插座或端子具有围绕插座同心配合的放气壁。 在电连接器的“热拔出”期间，在阳销的尖端和容器的前端的接触表面之间承载电弧。 放气壁延伸并且直接接合到接触表面的一部分。 由于放气壁也优选为电绝缘体，所以电弧与暴露的接触表面电连通并且被直接偏压于放气壁。 当相邻电弧加热时，充气壁通过释放气体来淬灭或减少电弧的能量，消除了端子的电弧腐蚀。

公开(公告)号：US07009406B2

公开(公告)日：2006-03-07

申请号：US10831733

申请日：2004-04-23

申请人： Malakondaiah Naidu ,  Thomas J. Schoepf ,  Suresh Gopalakrishnan

发明人： Malakondaiah Naidu ,  Thomas J. Schoepf ,  Suresh Gopalakrishnan

IPC分类号： G01R31/12

CPC分类号： H02H1/0015 ,  G01R31/025 ,  H02H3/44

摘要： The present invention discloses an arc fault detector including a shunt resistor deployed in a circuit being protected, an arc discriminator sensing voltages across the shunt resistor and outputting an arc detection signal when it detects current variations caused by parallel and series arc faults, a signal transformer buffering the arc detection signal and outputting a pulse, a switch transient detector detecting a voltage differential across load switches and outputting a pulsed switch transient detection signal when the voltage differential across load switches exceeds a reference value, a line interrupter such as a static relay, a switch controller including logic gates generating a trip signal based on predetermined criteria, and a manual switch for resetting the line interrupter. A second embodiment of the present invention senses voltage induced in a coil wrapped around a toroidal core to detect current variations in conductors which pass through the center of the toroidal core.

摘要翻译： 本发明公开了一种电弧故障检测器，包括部分在被保护电路中的分流电阻器，电弧鉴别器检测分流电阻器两端的电压，并在检测到由并联和串联电弧故障引起的电流变化时输出电弧检测信号;信号变压器 缓冲电弧检测信号并输出​​脉冲，开关瞬态检测器检测负载开关两端的电压差，并且当负载开关两端的电压差超过参考值时输出脉冲开关瞬态检测信号;线路中断器如静态继电器; 开关控制器，包括基于预定标准产生跳闸信号的逻辑门，以及用于复位线路断路器的手动开关。 本发明的第二实施例感测缠绕在环形磁芯上的线圈中感应的电压，以检测通过环形磁芯中心的导体中的电流变化。

公开(公告)号：US06485318B1

公开(公告)日：2002-11-26

申请号：US10010492

申请日：2001-11-13

申请人： Thomas J. Schoepf

发明人： Thomas J. Schoepf

IPC分类号： H01R1353

CPC分类号： H01R13/53 ,  H01R13/193

摘要： An electrical shuttle connector is capable of being used in high electrical power applications without incurring contact erosion upon the primary electrical contact location with a male pin. A shuttle which receives the male pin is contained by and slides axially within a receptacle of the connector between a mated position and a disengaged position and through an unmated position. An arcing contact face of the receptacle and a leading arcing contact surface of the shuttle incurs any high voltage electrical arcing when mating or un-mating the electrical shuttle connector. As such, when un-mating, the arcing contact face and the leading arcing contact surface disconnect prior to the electrical disconnection of the shuttle from the male pin. When mating the connector, the shuttle establishes electrical continuity with the male pin prior to the electrical engagement of the arcing contact face with the leading arcing contact surface. The male pin is completely free from the receptacle when the shuttle is in the disengaged position, however, the shuttle remains secured within the receptacle.

摘要翻译： 电穿梭连接器能够在高电力应用中使用，而不会在与主销的主电接触位置上引起接触侵蚀。 接收阳销的梭子被容纳在连接器的插座之间并且在配合位置和脱离位置之间并通过未配合的位置轴向地滑动。 插座的电弧接触面和导线的前导电弧接触表面在配合或取消配合电气梭连接器时会产生任何高压电弧。 因此，当不匹配时，电弧接触面和引导电弧接触表面在穿梭机从阳销引起电断开之前断开。 当配合连接器时，在电弧接触面与引出的电弧接触表面电接合之前，梭子与阳销之间建立电连续性。 当梭子处于脱离位置时，阳销完全没有插座，然而，梭子保持固定在容器内。