Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Current sensor for earth leakage module
- Patent Title (中): 漏电模块电流传感器
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Application No.: US12621141Application Date: 2009-11-18
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Publication No.: US08238066B2Publication Date: 2012-08-07
- Inventor: Henry J. Zylstra
- Applicant: Henry J. Zylstra
- Applicant Address: US IL Palatine
- Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Palatine
- Agency: Nixon Peabody LLP
- Main IPC: H02H3/16
- IPC: H02H3/16

Abstract:
A current sensor assembly used for detecting ground faults, which includes an enclosure surrounding the current sensor for focusing the magnetic flux produced by conductors passing through the current sensor assembly away from the conductors, thereby reducing load-shift error and producing more accurate current readings for ground-fault sensing. The enclosure has two half members that are secured together to form a toroid-shaped shell that surrounds a toroidal core of the current sensor. A secondary winding and an optional test winding is wound around the toroidal core, and the ends of these windings exit one or more apertures formed in the enclosure. The half members have rounded profiles where the flat surfaces transition into different planes so that the magnetic flux does not encounter any sharp edges or transitions inside the enclosure as the flux flows away from the conductors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110116197A1 CURRENT SENSOR FOR EARTH LEAKAGE MODULE Public/Granted day:2011-05-19
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