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公开(公告)号:US12100563B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-24
申请号:US18015134
申请日:2021-09-08
发明人: Kazunori Kidera , Tatsuo Koga , Takahiro Ohori
CPC分类号: H01H1/0015 , H02H3/093
摘要: An arc detection system includes an obtainer and a determiner. The obtainer obtains a measurement result for current flowing in a power supply line to which power is supplied from a DC power source. The determiner determines, based on a component of a specific frequency band in the measurement result for the current obtained by the obtainer, whether an arc fault has occurred. The determiner determines that the arc fault has occurred when a specific time for which the component of the specific frequency band is at least a threshold is longer than an occurrence time in which an arc can occur when a device is attached to or detached from the power supply line.
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公开(公告)号:US11948757B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-02
申请号:US16962243
申请日:2019-01-07
CPC分类号: H01H1/0015 , G01R31/3278 , H01H50/546 , H02P1/022 , H01H2071/044
摘要: A contactor includes: at least one moveable contact mounted on a contact carrier; at least one stationary contact mounted on a housing; an electromagnet arranged to cause the contact carrier to move relative to the housing between a first position and a second position, and thus to cause the at least one moveable contact to travel from a contacts open position to a contacts closed position with respect to the at least one stationary contact; a sensor coupled to one of the contact carrier and the housing and arranged to detect an intermediate position, in between the first position and the second position, at which the housing and the contact carrier are located at a given moment in time as the contact carrier moves relative to the housing between the first position and the second position; and a controller connected to receive the signals from the sensor.
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公开(公告)号:US20240055195A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-15
申请号:US18108156
申请日:2023-02-10
发明人: Reinhold Henke , Robert Thorbus
IPC分类号: H01H1/00 , H01H50/04 , G01R31/327 , G01R31/40 , H02H1/00 , H02H3/08 , H01H9/54 , H02M3/156 , H03K3/313 , H03K17/60 , H04W4/60 , G06F3/0484 , G06F3/04842 , H04L67/1095 , H04L67/148
CPC分类号: H01H1/0015 , H01H50/045 , G01R31/3277 , G01R31/40 , H02H1/0007 , H02H3/08 , H01H9/547 , H02M3/156 , H03K3/313 , H03K17/601 , G01R31/3278 , H04W4/60 , G06F3/0484 , G06F3/04842 , H04L67/1095 , H04L67/148 , H01H2001/506
摘要: A system includes a dry contact with a first pair of switchable electrodes, a wet contact with a second pair of switchable electrodes, an arc suppressor operatively, and a controller circuit operatively coupled to the arc suppressor and the first and second pairs of switchable electrodes. The controller circuit is configured to detect a failure of the wet contact and determine a stick duration associated with the first pair of switchable electrodes. The controller circuit generates a health assessment for the first pair of switchable electrodes based on a comparison of the determined stick duration with an average stick duration associated with a window of observation.
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公开(公告)号:US20190080858A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-14
申请号:US16084981
申请日:2016-05-18
发明人: Peter Krause
CPC分类号: H01H9/167 , G08B21/187 , H01H1/0015 , H01H3/001 , H01H9/168 , H01H47/002
摘要: A system (100) and method is provided that facilitates functional safety monitoring of relay contacts. The system may include a contactless sensor circuit (108) that includes: an output signal antenna (110) positioned in the contactless sensor circuit to extend between at least two contacts (116, 118) of a relay (120); and first and second input signal antennas (112, 114) positioned in the contactless sensor circuit respectively adjacent the at least two contacts of the relay, such that the output signal antenna and the at least two contacts of the relay are positioned between the first and second input signal antennas. The system may also include a processor (102) configured to cause the output signal antenna to output a wireless signal (122) capable of being received by the first and second input signal antennas while the processor monitors wireless signals received by the first and second input signals antennas. The processor may be configured to determine that the relay has a fault based on the wireless signals received by the first and second input signal antennas, and responsive thereto output at least one communication (126) indicative of a fault with the relay being detected.
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公开(公告)号:US10036727B2
公开(公告)日:2018-07-31
申请号:US15668994
申请日:2017-08-04
申请人: Finley Lee Ledbetter
发明人: Finley Lee Ledbetter
CPC分类号: G01N27/62 , G01R19/0061 , G01R31/327 , G01R31/3274 , G01R31/3275 , H01F7/20 , H01F27/28 , H01H1/0015 , H01H33/66 , H01H33/668 , H01H75/04
摘要: A closed and open contact method to predict a usable life of vacuum interrupters in the field can include using computer instructions in the data storage to instruct the processor to position a calculated amp or calculated pressure on an ionic or current versus pressure calibration curve for the installed vacuum interrupter and identify trend data from a library of trend data corresponding to the installed vacuum interrupter and to the calculated pressure or calculated amp of the installed vacuum interrupter; thereby determining the anticipated life expectancy.
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公开(公告)号:US09939326B2
公开(公告)日:2018-04-10
申请号:US15597623
申请日:2017-05-17
申请人: Bruce W. Nichols
发明人: Bruce W. Nichols
CPC分类号: G01K1/02 , G01K11/02 , G01K11/06 , G01K13/00 , H01H1/0015 , H01H9/0016 , H01H11/0062 , H01H2011/0068
摘要: A system for determining when an electrical contact or other component reaches a predetermined temperature. In operation, a trace material is dispersed into a surrounding environment (e.g., head space within a compartment above insulating oil), where the trace material is detected. A barrier may be ruptured or broken by temperature-induced gas pressure, or pierced by a spring-loaded member that is located within the same section that contains the trace material, and devices may be provided for moving the trace material through the foil barrier as the barrier is ruptured. The barrier may be opened solely by internal gas pressure. According to another embodiment, improved fail-safe operation may be achieved by providing a spring-loaded member and configuring the barrier to be ruptured by the pressure of the detectable gas material before the barrier is ruptured by the spring-loaded member.
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公开(公告)号:US09797865B2
公开(公告)日:2017-10-24
申请号:US14694753
申请日:2015-04-23
申请人: Finley Lee Ledbetter
发明人: Finley Lee Ledbetter
CPC分类号: G01N27/62 , G01R31/327 , G01R31/3274 , G01R31/3275 , H01F7/20 , H01F27/28 , H01H1/0015 , H01H33/66 , H01H75/04
摘要: An electromagnetic testing assembly to predict a usable life of an installed vacuum interrupter in the field, which can include an electromagnetic testing device connected to a flexible magnetic field coil to generate a potential in a vacuum interrupter in an installation, magnetically monitor ion flow across one or more gaps in the vacuum interrupter, and apply trend data, tube chart information, and an algorithm to predict the usable life.
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公开(公告)号:US09762016B2
公开(公告)日:2017-09-12
申请号:US15084710
申请日:2016-03-30
CPC分类号: H01R39/58 , G01R31/343 , H01H1/0015 , H02K5/14 , H02K11/20 , H02K11/25 , H02K11/35 , H02K13/00 , H02K23/66
摘要: An apparatus for use with a dynamoelectric machine includes a main body configured for attachment to a brush holder. A proximity sensor is on the main body, and the proximity sensor is configured for detecting the presence of a brush located at least partially inside the brush holder. The apparatus receives power from a battery located inside the apparatus, and transmits a wireless signal. The wireless signal is transformable into an indication of a remaining life of the brush. The apparatus is configured to be fully operational when the dynamoelectric machine is neither energized nor in operation, as the apparatus receives power from the battery.
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公开(公告)号:US20170248473A1
公开(公告)日:2017-08-31
申请号:US15597623
申请日:2017-05-17
申请人: Bruce W. Nichols
发明人: Bruce W. Nichols
CPC分类号: G01K1/02 , G01K11/02 , G01K11/06 , G01K13/00 , H01H1/0015 , H01H9/0016 , H01H11/0062 , H01H2011/0068
摘要: A system for determining when an electrical contact or other component reaches a predetermined temperature. In operation, a trace material is dispersed into a surrounding environment (e.g., head space within a compartment above insulating oil), where the trace material is detected. A barrier may be ruptured or broken by temperature-induced gas pressure, or pierced by a spring-loaded member that is located within the same section that contains the trace material, and devices may be provided for moving the trace material through the foil barrier as the barrier is ruptured. The barrier may be opened solely by internal gas pressure. According to another embodiment, improved fail-safe operation may be achieved by providing a spring-loaded member and configuring the barrier to be ruptured by the pressure of the detectable gas material before the barrier is ruptured by the spring-loaded member.
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公开(公告)号:US09646775B2
公开(公告)日:2017-05-09
申请号:US14045884
申请日:2013-10-04
发明人: Gary Keith Law , Kent Allan Burr
CPC分类号: H01H1/0015 , H01H9/10 , H01H13/70 , H01H47/002
摘要: An example apparatus includes a terminal block couplable to an electronics cabinet or mounting rail. The terminal block defines a first receptacle to receive a first circuit and a second receptacle to receive a second circuit. The terminal block includes an integral relay. The integral relay includes a first contact and a second contact. The first and second contacts are externally accessible relative to the terminal block. The integral relay further includes a first switch and a second switch. The first and second switches are electrically coupled between the first and second contacts. The first and second switches are respectively movable between corresponding open and closed positions. The first and second switches are independently testable to verify the respective operability of the first switch and the second switch.
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