Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Circuit breaker trip unit with digital potentiometer
- Patent Title (中): 带数字电位器的断路器跳闸单元
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Application No.: US14451803Application Date: 2014-08-05
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Publication No.: US08995103B2Publication Date: 2015-03-31
- Inventor: Helmut Weiher
- Applicant: Utility Relay Company, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: US OH Chagrin Falls
- Assignee: Utility Relay Company
- Current Assignee: Utility Relay Company
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Chagrin Falls
- Agency: Pearne & Gordon LLP
- Main IPC: H02H3/00
- IPC: H02H3/00 ; H02H3/08 ; H02H3/093 ; H01H69/01 ; H01H71/74

Abstract:
A circuit breaker trip unit includes an input section receiving a phase current level signal. A processor is in communication with the input section and generates a first trip signal based on the phase current level signal and user-adjustable trip settings. The trip settings include long time and short time pickup and delay settings. An analog instantaneous trip circuit is in communication with both of the input section and the processor. The analog instantaneous trip circuit includes a digital potentiometer having a non-volatile memory. The potentiometer provides a reference signal corresponding to a resistance setting stored in the memory. The analog instantaneous trip circuit compares the phase current level and reference signals, and generates a second trip signal based on a result of the comparing. The processor programs the resistance setting stored in the memory according to a user-adjustable instantaneous current pickup setting.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140340800A1 CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIP UNIT WITH DIGITAL POTENTIOMETER Public/Granted day:2014-11-20
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