Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods for monitoring auxiliary contact status
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Application No.: US15057700Application Date: 2016-03-01
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Publication No.: US10175299B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Mark Alan Gould , Mark Steven Tomassi
- Applicant: Eaton Corporation
- Applicant Address: IE
- Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
- Current Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
- Current Assignee Address: IE
- Agency: Ward and Smith, P.A.
- Main IPC: H01H3/00
- IPC: H01H3/00 ; G01R31/327 ; H02J9/06 ; G01R31/02 ; H01H83/04

Abstract:
A system includes a circuit interruption device, such as a circuit breaker, contactor or other switch of an automatic transfer switch (ATS) or a similar device providing power to an input of an ATS, and a monitoring circuit, such as a controller of the ATS, coupled to the circuit interruption device and configured to monitor voltages at inputs and outputs of the circuit interruption device, to monitor an auxiliary contact signal associated with auxiliary contacts of the circuit interruption device, and to determine a status of the auxiliary contacts responsive to the monitored voltages and auxiliary contact signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170254852A1 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AUXILIARY CONTACT STATUS Public/Granted day:2017-09-07
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