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US 10,541,100 B2Granted
Remote power and operating device for a circuit breaker
AssigneeABB Schweiz AG
InventorsBill Milholland, Shawn Shockey, Nolan Mikell, Tim Fricano
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Abstract
A system for electrically operating a circuit breaker remotely and during period of a power outage is provided. The system has a power source, power cable, control unit, control device, and a circuit breaker port for connecting the power source and control unit to the circuit breaker, for actuation of the circuit breaker operating mechanism.
Claims5
A system for remote operation of a circuit breaker, comprising:
- a control device for controlling the opening and closing of the circuit breaker through actuation of a circuit breaker operating mechanism;
- a local power source directly wired to the circuit breaker;
- a port on the circuit breaker for interfacing with a circuit breaker control board that performs the circuit breaker actuation operations;
- a control cable connected between the control device and the port of the circuit breaker, the control cable for sending a control signal to actuate the circuit breaker operating mechanism;
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- an external power source connected to the control device with a power cable;
- wherein the control device and the external power source provide power and the control signal to open and close the circuit breaker upon a loss of the local power source.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.