Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Relay including processor providing control and/or monitoring
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Application No.: US14375985Application Date: 2013-01-09
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Publication No.: US09711309B2Publication Date: 2017-07-18
- Inventor: James M. McCormick , Patrick W. Mills , Steven C. Schmalz
- Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US OH Cleveland
- Assignee: EATON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: EATON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Cleveland
- Agency: Eckert Seamans
- Agent Philip Levy; Grant Coffield
- International Application: PCT/US2013/020770 WO 20130109
- International Announcement: WO2013/137971 WO 20130919
- Main IPC: H01H50/00
- IPC: H01H50/00 ; H01H47/00 ; H01H47/22

Abstract:
A relay includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, a fourth terminal, separable contacts electrically connected between the first and second terminals, an actuator coil comprising a first winding and a second winding, the first winding electrically connected between the third and fourth terminals, the second winding electrically connected between the third and fourth terminals, a processor, an output, a first voltage sensing circuit cooperating with the processor to determine a first voltage between the first and second terminals, and a second voltage sensing circuit cooperating with the processor to determine a second voltage between the third and fourth terminals. The processor determines that the separable contacts are closed when the first voltage does not exceed a first predetermined value and the second voltage exceeds a second predetermined value and responsively outputs a corresponding status to the output.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150028877A1 RELAY INCLUDING PROCESSOR PROVIDING CONTROL AND/OR MONITORING Public/Granted day:2015-01-29
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