H02H 3/00
Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired
Official title: Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection (specially adapted for specific types of electric machines or apparatus or for sectionalised protection of cable or line systems H02H7/00; systems for change-over to standby supply H02J9/00 ){; integrated protection (for motors H02H7/0822)}
H02H3/00 (Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired) appears on 9,557 US grants and 8,821 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H02H- Granted patents
- 9,557
- Published applications
- 8,821
- Assignees
- 2,907
- Inventors
- 16,323
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 108 | 0 |
| 1977 | 100 | 0 |
| 1978 | 89 | 0 |
| 1979 | 56 | 0 |
| 1980 | 86 | 0 |
| 1981 | 71 | 0 |
| 1982 | 93 | 0 |
| 1983 | 56 | 0 |
| 1984 | 64 | 0 |
| 1985 | 63 | 0 |
| 1986 | 61 | 0 |
| 1987 | 81 | 0 |
| 1988 | 75 | 0 |
| 1989 | 108 | 0 |
| 1990 | 75 | 0 |
| 1991 | 51 | 0 |
| 1992 | 70 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 80 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 103 | 0 |
| 1997 | 88 | 0 |
| 1998 | 135 | 0 |
| 1999 | 136 | 0 |
| 2000 | 115 | 0 |
| 2001 | 115 | 22 |
| 2002 | 135 | 115 |
| 2003 | 154 | 176 |
| 2004 | 147 | 153 |
| 2005 | 108 | 147 |
| 2006 | 125 | 180 |
| 2007 | 138 | 192 |
| 2008 | 128 | 183 |
| 2009 | 139 | 168 |
| 2010 | 133 | 204 |
| 2011 | 163 | 204 |
| 2012 | 150 | 294 |
| 2013 | 227 | 396 |
| 2014 | 293 | 428 |
| 2015 | 342 | 465 |
| 2016 | 341 | 465 |
| 2017 | 436 | 435 |
| 2018 | 396 | 515 |
| 2019 | 511 | 520 |
| 2020 | 507 | 584 |
| 2021 | 584 | 497 |
| 2022 | 542 | 548 |
| 2023 | 459 | 505 |
| 2024 | 485 | 489 |
| 2025 | 400 | 464 |
| 2026 | 278 | 472 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H02H 3/08Responsive to excess current3,261
- H02H 3/02Details2,959
- H02H 3/26Responsive to difference between voltages or between currents1,698
- H02H 3/20Responsive to excess voltage1,267
- H02H 3/16Responsive to fault current to earth, frame or mass1,033
- H02H 3/006Calibration or setting of parameters802
- H02H 3/24Responsive to undervoltage or no-voltage526
- H02H 3/44Responsive to the rate of change of electrical quantities376
All 18 subgroupsShow fewer
- H02H 3/38Responsive to both voltage and current329
- H02H 3/40Responsive to ratio of voltage and current198
- H02H 3/18Responsive to reversal of direct current170
- H02H 3/50Responsive to the appearance of abnormal wave forms154
- H02H 3/12Responsive to underload or no-load132
- H02H 3/46Responsive to frequency deviations95
- H02H 3/14Responsive to occurrence of voltage on parts normally at earth potential91
- H02H 3/42Responsive to product of voltage and current90
- H02H 3/003Responsive to reversal of power transmission direction63
- H02H 3/48Responsive to loss of synchronism19
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