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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7469940 | Discharge lamp lighting device, lighting system and method A method and apparatus for protecting a discharge lamp lighting device from damage due to mis-wiring of a source of electrical power to the discharge lamp lighting device. The protection apparatus includes a detector, a comparer and an inhibitor. The detector sample... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7403837 | Portable device used to at least visualize the process data of a machine, a robot or a technical process A portable device (1) with at least one optical output device (2) for displaying at least process data of a machine, a robot or a technical process, with at least one input device (3) for at least intervening in the operating functions of the de... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7369383 | Protective circuit A protective circuit (1), particularly for overvoltage-protecting an electronic motor control unit, comprises a signal connection receiving and/or emitting an electrical signal, a switching element (4) which activates or deactivates a protective interr... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365951 | Discharge lamp lighting device, lighting system and method A method and apparatus for protecting a discharge lamp lighting device from damage due to mis-wiring of a source of electrical power to the discharge lamp lighting device. The protection apparatus includes a detector, a comparer and an inhibitor. The detector sample... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7348690 | Preventing unsafe operation by monitoring switching means An electronic control that monitors the switching means used to operate transducers to detect conditions that can cause improper transducer operation. In the application the unenergized state of the transducer is always safe. Should a switch in the transducer circui... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7333308 | Control arrangement A control arrangement is operable to control an electrical relay to supply current. The arrangement comprises current supply means and control means operable to provide a relay make signal and a relay break signal to control the state of the relay to respectively ma... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7301742 | Method and apparatus for accessing and activating accessory functions of electronic circuit breakers An electronic trip unit for a circuit breaker includes a programmed microprocessor and a module plug in removable signal communication with the microprocessor. The module plug includes a program identifier. The microprocessor recognizes the program identifier and ac... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7282818 | Power hand tool having a proximity detector The present invention provides a power tool with a hand proximity detector to detect the hand of an operator and a trigger circuit operable with the detector to control the operation of a light in the housing or to provide a safety lockout function. One embodiment i... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7262945 | Electrical over/under voltage automatic disconnect apparatus and method An analog or digital circuit that senses both low and high input voltage and operates to disconnect both line and neutral electrical power connections to a protected device when abnormally low or high voltages are received from a single- or multi-phase power source,... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7253541 | Power hand tool having a proximity detector The present invention provides a power tool with a hand proximity detector to detect the hand of an operator and a trigger circuit operable with the detector to control the operation of a light in the housing or to provide a safety lockout function. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7215521 | GFCI with reset lockout Resettable circuit interrupting devices, such as GFCI devices, that include reset lockout portion that does not test the circuit interrupter are provided. A resettable circuit interrupting device, such as a GFCI device that includes a reset lockout portion th... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7154722 | Loop control for distribution systems The invention contemplates a technique for providing loop control on a faulted overhead or underground loop system, while preventing restored current from being fed or back fed into the fault. In particular, the invention provides a method, device, and system for re... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7130722 | Smart disconnect switch interbase Apparatus (10) for controlling supply of electricity through an electrical distribution network to a customer. An electrical meter (12) is plugged into an electrical socket (14) at a customer's premises. Electricity flows from a power line throu... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7110231 | Adaptive protection system for a power-distribution network A preferred embodiment of a system comprises a recloser electrically coupled to a voltage source of a power-distribution network and adapted to isolate a section of a distribution feeder of the power-distribution network from the voltage source in response to an ove... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7085662 | Power quality indicator There is provided a method and a power quality indicator coupled to an electrical circuit. The indicator comprises the summing device configured to received a sensed wave form from the electrical circuit, including at least one voltage wave form. A summing device is... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7068483 | Circuit breaker lockout A circuit breaker lockout device is provided that prevents the breaker contacts from being closed when the circuit breaker is in a lockout state in response to a lockout signal and permits the breaker contacts to be closed when the circuit breaker is an enable state... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068481 | Protection device with lockout test The present invention is directed to a protective device that includes a plurality of line terminals configured to be connected to an electrical distribution system, and a plurality of load terminals configured to be connected to at least one load. The device includ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7047361 | Data storage device using SDRAM A data storage device using SDRAM as data storage unit is disclosed. The data storage device of the present invention comprises a SDRAM controller is used to control one or more than one SDRAM. According to an aspect of the present invention, a plurality of SDRAM is... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6992872 | Circuit breaker incorporating fault lockout protection A method of protecting multiple feeder circuits fed from a shared electrical distribution system is provided. The method includes providing a bypass line, providing bypass switches in the bypass line, providing a fault lockout protection controller coupled to the by... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6982856 | GFCI with reset lockout As disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,246,558; there is disclosed resettable circuit interrupting devices, such as GFCI devices, that include a reset lockout portion that prevents the reestablishing of electrical continuity if the circuit interrupting portion is non-opera... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6972936 | Pre-emptive circuit breaker with arc fault and fault lockout short circuit protection Fault abatement circuit breaker for providing protection of critical loads. The circuit breaker provides both arc fault protection and fault lockout protection in one integrated circuit breaker. The fault lockout protection reduces the risk of short circuit damage b... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6963793 | Distribution network monitoring and control system A distribution network monitoring and control system for monitoring and controlling a distribution network system including monitoring and control means for taking in an information and for outputting a control information for the switches thereof, status grasping m... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6917502 | Power supply circuit and method for a motor vehicle electrical accessory load An improved circuit supplies electrical power to a vehicle accessory load, such as a load that is powered through a vehicle accessory load connector or cigarette lighter plug. The circuit utilizes battery voltage comparator and timer switching circuitry to interrupt... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6917500 | Hybrid relay including solid-state output and having non-volatile state-retention and associated methods The hybrid relay may include a plurality of input and output terminals, and a voltage supply terminal. The hybrid relay may also include an electromagnetic coil connected to the input terminals and a latching mechanism that may include first and second contacts mova... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6917856 | Robot It is constructed so as to detect a joint movement position of a robot arm by a position detector and a joint movement speed is calculated from change amounts of the joint movement position and elapsed time and is compared with an allowable movement speed and unlock... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6909942 | Method for power distribution system components identification, characterization and rating A method for operating a power distribution system is provided. The power distribution system includes a plurality of components, and at least one node electronics unit coupled to at least one control processing unit. The method includes associating a unique identif... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6909586 | Circuit breaker voltage sensing module A combined current and voltage sensor includes: a combined sensor shell; a current sensor located in the combined sensor shell, the current sensor disposed proximate to said first load strap; and a first voltage sensor located in the combined sensor shell, the first... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6892115 | Method and apparatus for optimized centralized critical control architecture for switchgear and power equipment A method of monitoring and controlling a power distribution system is provided. The power distribution system includes a plurality of circuit breakers, a plurality of node electronic units, and wherein each associated circuit breaker is electrically coupled with eac... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6867958 | Loop restoration scheme for distribution feeders A system and methods that enable a restoration scheme for power distribution systems that is independent of power distribution system component configuration, the number of power distribution system components, and component settings are provided. In a power distrib... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6850395 | System and method for automatic re-closure and re-closing device The invention relates to a method for automatically re-closing when there is a short-circuit in a line section of an electric energy supply line, whereby said section is defined by one switch respectively which comprises an allocated short-circuit detection device. ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6829123 | Device safety system and method A protective arrangement in a device that protects the device and personnel or users of the device when undesirable conditions develop within the device. The protective arrangement de-couples a power source from the device, prevents access to the device that may har... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6735533 | Only picked up phases recloser control A recloser trips on one phase for single-phase only fault conditions, two phases for two-phase fault conditions, or all three phases for three-phase fault conditions. During power delivery, the recloser monitors the three phases of a power line (e.g., phases A, B, a... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6735534 | One or all phases recloser control A recloser trips on one phase for single-phase only fault conditions, or all phases for multi-phase fault conditions. During power delivery, the recloser monitors the three phases of a power line (e.g., phases A, B, and C). If a fault is detected on one phase, then ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6707655 | Adaptive protection for recloser control A recloser is adaptively controlled so that it will operate in a manner responsive to prevailing conditions such as time of day, day of week, and/or load current. A protection setting group is stored in a memory accessible by the recloser controller, and contains a ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6657837 | Circuit breaker incorporating fault lockout protection Transformers (14) inject test voltage signals of know frequency to each phase of the load side of an electrical distribution circuit (15). Processor (32) waits for a delay period to allow transient effects of the injected signals to settle, and then accep... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6507470 | Method and arrangement for shortening the recovery time of a line driver To shorten the recovery time of a line driver (1) after an overvoltage on its output terminal (3), a current generating device (5) senses a voltage difference between the output voltage of the line driver (1) and its supply voltage (UB) plus a threshold v... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6356806 | Method for handling a voltage drop in the control of a robot and for restarting a robot following a voltage drop A method for handling the voltage drop, at least in the control unit of a robot with a PC control is provided that minimizes the time of a plant stoppage and avoids wasteful process interruptions. The PC control has a real time operating system for the ti... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6324043 | Residual current detector with fail safe lockout device This invention provides a residual current detector comprising a trip circuit; a magnetic lock assembly including a solenoid that operates in response to a signal from the trip circuit, causing movement of an operating member, with the magnetic lock furth... | 11/27/2001 |
| 5973899 | Automated power feeder restoration system and method A feeder restoration method starts in response to an overcurrent fault on a feeder (22) that causes a circuit breaker (42) to trip open, reclose once, trip again, and attempt to reclose again. During the time period between the first and second reclosings... | 10/26/1999 |
