Invention Grant
- Patent Title: LCDI power cord system and method
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Application No.: US17139197Application Date: 2020-12-31
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Publication No.: US11037700B2Publication Date: 2021-06-15
- Inventor: Victor V Aromin , Louis Jay Shatkin
- Applicant: Tower Manufacturing Corporation
- Applicant Address: US RI Providence
- Assignee: Tower Manufacturing Corporation
- Current Assignee: Tower Manufacturing Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US RI Providence
- Main IPC: H02H3/00
- IPC: H02H3/00 ; H01B9/02 ; H01B13/22 ; G01R31/52 ; G01R31/12

Abstract:
A system and method for an LCDI power cord and associated circuits is provided. The system and method include energizing shielded neutral wires and shielded line wires and monitoring the energized shields for surges, e.g., arcing, detected by a Leakage Current Detection Circuit (LCDC) and/or voltage drops, e.g., shield breaks, detected by a Shield Integrity Circuit (SIC).
Public/Granted literature
- US20210125746A1 LCDI Power Cord System and Method Public/Granted day:2021-04-29
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