Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Protective device with end-of-life indication before power denial
- Patent Title (中): 防电装置在使用电源之前报废
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Application No.: US12247848Application Date: 2008-10-08
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Publication No.: US07843197B2Publication Date: 2010-11-30
- Inventor: David A. Finlay, Sr. , Thomas N. Packard , Bruce F. Macbeth
- Applicant: David A. Finlay, Sr. , Thomas N. Packard , Bruce F. Macbeth
- Applicant Address: US NY Syracuse
- Assignee: Pass & Seymour, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Pass & Seymour, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Syracuse
- Agency: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
- Agent Daniel P. Malley
- Main IPC: G01R31/02
- IPC: G01R31/02 ; G01R31/14 ; H02H3/00

Abstract:
The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring device that includes an automatic self-test assembly coupled to the plurality of line terminals or the plurality of load terminals, the detection circuit, the fault detection circuit and the circuit interrupter assembly. The automatic self-test assembly is configured to cause the detection circuit to generate a simulated sensor fault signal during a predetermined half-cycle of an AC line cycle in accordance with a predetermined periodic testing schedule, monitor the fault detection signal corresponding to the simulated sensor fault signal, and generate a test result signal based on monitoring the fault detection signal. The automatic self-test assembly also includes a noise immunized decision circuit configured to evaluate a plurality of test results to thereby provide a noise immunized end-of-life signal. One of the conductive paths that connects the plurality of line terminals and the plurality of load terminals being interrupted in response to the noise immunized end-of-life signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090251148A1 Protective Device with End-Of-Life Indication Before Power Denial Public/Granted day:2009-10-08
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