Power switch for preventing accidental arcs

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8390966
APP PUB NO 20100214724A1
SERIAL NO

12599224

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A power switch disposed in a housing includes a contact breaker configured to connect and disconnect a low-voltage switchgear from a power source supplying the low-voltage switchgear, a triggering device configured to disconnect the low-voltage switchgear in an overload event, a current detection device, a control device, a first evaluation device configured to evaluate an accidental arc overcurrent, and a second evaluation device configured to evaluate the accidental arc overcurrent. The power switch is configured to be activated via an overcurrent signal generated by an arc monitoring system in response to the accidental arc overcurrent. The overcurrent signal is linked to the at least one triggering signal. The second evaluation has a threshold above a threshold of the first evaluation device. The triggering device is configured to be activated via a turn-off pulse when a signal from the current detection device is above the threshold of the second evaluation device.

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EATON INDUSTRIES GMBH53115 BONN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dahl, Samuel Vasa, FI 2 7
Schumacher, Andreas Dattenberg, DE 36 492
Wagner, Wolfgang Leverkusen, DE 128 1676

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