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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8125751 | Method for sectioning with a section switch a medium-voltage electric power distribution line exhibiting a disturbance, section switch for medium-voltage electric power distribution line applicable thereon and electronic circuit for detecting a fault current and comprised by said section switch A method for sectioning a medium-voltage distribution electric line evidencing a disturbance using a section switch. The steps are: (a) detecting a current having an amplitude and a wave form profile in the medium-voltage line; (b) analyzing the wave form profile to... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120886 | Circuit breaker closing actuator and method of operation A circuit breaker closing actuator and a method of operation is provided. The closing actuator is disposed to communicate and receive signals from a trip unit. The trip unit includes a communications to transmit and receive data and signals from a remote location. T... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8023238 | Universal trip unit A universal trip unit for use with a circuit breaker apparatus is provided and includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a personality module of the circuit breaker apparatus and to thereby receive key breaker personality parameters that relate to... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8018703 | Auxiliary device and data transmission method, auxiliary unit and electrical circuit breaker comprising said device An auxiliary device for remote data transmission having processing means comprising a first input to receive a first data item of a state of the circuit breaker, and at least one command output to command transmission of data. The processing means comprise: ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8004808 | Control apparatus The present invention provides a control apparatus for detecting an early stage short circuit between the terminals of an electrolytic capacitor, and detecting a short circuit between a load that is connected in parallel to the electrolytic capacitor, the apparatus ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7965483 | Electronic trip unit of a circuit breaker An electronic trip unit which includes a processing unit and a comparator circuit. The processing unit receives an input voltage, and a reset signal to reset the electronic trip unit, and generates a trip signal when sensed current of the electronic trip unit exceed... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7936547 | Circuit breaker electronic trip unit personality module A method and apparatus providing automatic circuit breaker identification to an electronic trip unit includes a processor and a configuration module comprising configuration data identifying the particulars of a circuit breaker and that is in operable communication ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7848073 | Power supply controller One aspect of the present invention is directed to a power supply controller that includes a switching element disposed between a power source and a load, a current detecting element connected to the switching element and capable of outputting a detection signal in ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7817393 | Power distribution switch circuits with fast responses to hard short-circuits Methods and apparatus to provide power distribution switch circuits with fast responses to hard short-circuits are disclosed. In one example, a power distribution switch to detect a hard short-circuit condition is described, comprising a switching device having a re... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7729098 | Overload protection method This invention relates to fault detection in electrical circuits. The invention provides a switch for a fault tolerant digital output module comprising: an output transistor pair for enabling and disabling an alternating output current; and a current limiter for cla... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7724488 | Method for controlling an electronic overcurrent trip for low-voltage circuit breakers A method is disclosed for controlling an electronic overcurrent trip for low-voltage circuit breakers. According to the method, digitized signals for the electricity values are generated and evaluated, and a tripping device providing short-circuit protection is acti... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7656633 | Asymmetric fault detection and protection with AC solid state power controllers An apparatus and method for protecting an AC load from half-wave rectified power detects a half-wave rectified voltage or current, sets a status indication indicating the type of asymmetric fault causing the half-wave rectified power, and selectively turns the SSPC ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7619866 | Electric trip device provided with monitoring means, circuit breaker comprising one such trip device and method of monitoring The invention relates to an electronic trip device and a circuit breaker equipped with said electronic trip device, said trip device comprising at least one current sensor, an actuator, and an electronic processing unit to control said actuator, wherein the electron... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7558038 | Field upgradeable circuit breaker firmware and programmer therefor A system (10) is provided for communicating with a residential electronic circuit breaker (18, 20, 22, 24). The system (10) comprises a residential electrical wiring system (16) including a power line (28) and neutral line (32 | 07/07/2009 |
| 7525782 | Adaptive protection algorithm and system An adaptive protection algorithm and system for protecting electrical distribution systems traces the flow of power through a distribution system, assigns a value (or rank) to each circuit breaker in the system and then determines the appropriate trip set points bas... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7453678 | Power interruption system for electronic circuit breaker A system and method for controlling an electronic circuit breaker prevents the circuit breaker from contributing its own delay to a power interruption time window on a load. A monitor coupled to a control processor in the circuit breaker causes the control processor... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7403129 | Electrical switching apparatus and method employing acoustic and current signals to distinguish between parallel and series arc faults A circuit breaker includes a first lug and second and third acoustic lugs electrically connected to a power circuit. Separable contacts are electrically connected in series between the first lug and the second acoustic lug. An operating mechanism opens and closes th... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7369389 | Electronic trip unit for circuit breakers An electronic trip unit for a circuit breaker is disclosed. The electronic trip unit has a processing circuit, a real time clock chip, and a power source for powering the real time clock chip in the absence of current in the circuit breaker. The processing circuit i... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365953 | Apparatus and method for emulating a component in a circuit A circuit and method for emulating a component in a circuit are shown that control a current controlled oscillator with a first current that is proportional to a square of a load current of the component and also charge and discharge a high precision capacitor using... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362557 | Method, apparatus and article for bi-directional DC/DC power conversion A controller implements a state machine for operating the bi-directional power converter with a flexible load pattern while maintaining a thermal condition of the power converter within acceptable limits. The state machine implements a wait loop in response to selec... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7336455 | System and method for proactive motor wellness diagnosis The present invention is directed to a power meter or overload relay including a housing and a plurality of sensors configured to monitor operation of a motor. A processor disposed within the housing and configured to receive operational feedback from the plurality ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337081 | Metering device with control functionality and method thereof A metering device of a power substation and method are provided for operating on a secondary analog waveform output by a transformer assembly receiving a primary waveform. The method includes stepping down the secondary waveform and generating a corresponding output... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330342 | Safety tester having a high-voltage switching relay protected by an in-line electronic circuit breaker A multiple function safety compliance test instrument includes a high voltage output switching relay protected by a solid state in-line circuit breaker. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7319922 | Protective device and method for installation of a protective function in a protective device A protective device for an electrical power distribution network has: means for processing measured values from measurement appliances for the power distribution network, means for initiating switching commands by means of primary appliances for the power distributi... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7315097 | Power saving control method and device in electronic device, and power saving electronic device A power saving control method includes providing a latch circuit that is supplied with current for operation from a power source even if a switch circuit is turned off, so that the switch circuit is controlled to be turned off when the latch circuit is in a latched ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310664 | Unified, configurable, adaptive, network architecture A network switch having a unified, adaptive management paradigm for wireless network devices is disclosed. The switch includes configurable ports for connecting devices. A software application running on the switch allows a network administrator to selectively confi... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7304829 | Apparatus and method for filtering current sensor output signals An electronic filter for filtering the output signal of a current sensor of a circuit breaker is disclosed. The current sensor has an output signal characteristic similar to that of a Rogowski coil output signal characteristic that includes a third harmonic noise co... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304826 | Fault management of high temperture superconductor cable A method and system for providing protection for a superconducting electrical cable located in a utility power network includes detecting a fault current on the superconducting electric cable, determining the cumulative total energy dissipated in the superconducting... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7292422 | Occupancy-based circuit breaker control A method and occupancy-based control device in a trip unit of a main circuit breaker, with the circuit breaker coupled to an electrical distribution system including at least one feeder circuit breaker and a load circuit. The occupancy-based control device comprises... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7275002 | Islanding detection and protection method An islanding detection and protection method of a parallel-type power converter is proposed, which performs perturbation to a power system to detect the frequency of the system voltage and the variation of the magnitude of the negative-sequence voltage as the basis ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274548 | Abnormal current determining method, electronic apparatus, and computer program of same A cellular telephone 1 measures a current value after being turned on, and performs addition and subtraction of a predetermined margin to and from the measured value, and thereby sets up determination thresholds for an overcurrent and an undercurrent, namely,... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7254001 | Circuit protection system A circuit protection system is provided that provides a dynamic delay time to an upstream circuit breaker if a fault is detected in a circuit where the dynamic delay time can be based upon the location of the fault, such as the nearest downstream circuit breaker. A ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7230813 | Electronic circuit breaker The electronic circuit breaker comprises an input for connection to a power-supply network and an output for connection to a load. Set between the input and the output are a switch and a limitation block which controls the switch to cause at least partial inhibition... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227351 | Apparatus and method for performing parallel test on integrated circuit devices Embodiments of the invention connect a plurality of devices under test (DUTS) in a parallel manner and a high test current is selectively applied to each DUT. The apparatus to test a plurality of DUTs includes a plurality of power sources providing the test current ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7218496 | Overcurrent protection circuit The voltage generator circuit includes a regulator, a first sensor circuit, and a second sensor circuit. The first sensor circuit includes a first transistor, a first resistor, and an error amplifier. When V1>Vth, the error amplifier senses an overcurrent con... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7193827 | Single-sensor microcontroller-based approach for ground fault circuit interrupters A microcontroller-based temperature compensated circuit for ground-fault circuit interrupter to meet the requirements of UL 943 using a single sensor to detect both ground-fault and grounded-neutral fault conditions in both full-wave and half-wave AC power supplies ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7178070 | Circuit configuration and method for monitoring a micro-controller The invention relates to a method for monitoring a microcontroller having at least one normal operating state and one state with a reduced power consumption and to a circuit configuration for carrying out the method. The method enables the functionality of the micro... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7170254 | Stepper motor driving apparatus A stepper motor driving apparatus, includes a stepper motor; a driven member interlocked with a rotation of a rotor of the stepper motor, a stopper stopping the driven member in a zero position, a controller controlling the excitation state of an excitation coil of ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166936 | Method and an apparatus for controlling an electric switching device An apparatus for controlling an electric switching device (1) for alternating current arranged in a current path for opening the switching device and for breaking the current in the current path after occurrence of a fault current comprises members (15... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7161782 | Intelligent fuse box for the power distribution system of a vehicle The present invention relates to intelligent fuse box (1) for a vehicle's multiplex power distribution system, the fuse box including outputs (3) for driving the vehicle's functional components/actuators and/or cable buses (11–13) equipped wit... | 01/09/2007 |
