Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Monitoring and responding to an abnormal condition associated with energizing of poles of a circuit breaker
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Application No.: US15253031Application Date: 2016-08-31
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Publication No.: US10079122B2Publication Date: 2018-09-18
- Inventor: Hugh T. Kinsel , Brian Timothy McCoy
- Applicant: Siemens Industry, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US GA Alpharetta
- Assignee: SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC.
- Current Assignee: SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Alpharetta
- Main IPC: H02H9/00
- IPC: H02H9/00 ; H02H9/04 ; H01H9/54 ; H01H71/24 ; H01H71/10 ; H01H83/22 ; H01H71/50 ; H01H83/20

Abstract:
A multi-pole circuit interrupter configured to be coupled between an AC source and an electric load electronically detects a hazardous condition associated with energizing of poles and responds to overcome the hazardous condition using a solenoid. The multi-pole circuit interrupter comprises a first switch to energize a first pole on a phase A conductor of the multi-pole circuit interrupter and a second switch to energize a second pole on a phase B conductor of the multi-pole circuit interrupter. The multi-pole circuit interrupter further comprises an electronic solid-state circuit coupled to the phase A conductor and the phase B conductor to detect a line voltage variation and control a current to a device in response to trip an energized pole among the first pole and the second pole if only one of the first pole and the second pole is energized when a user controls a tie bar to turn ON or turn OFF the multi-pole circuit interrupter or when a trip bar fails to trip one of the first pole and the second pole.
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