Device with health monitoring
AssigneehvGrid-tech Inc.
InventorsRobert F. Smith, Charles J. Wills, Duncan C. Breese, Jake Gelhard, Kathryn Klement, Stephen Burks
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Abstract
A device, such as a link box, with health monitoring has a housing defining an interior space, at least one surge arrester positioned in the interior space, at least one contactless temperature sensor positioned to contactlessly measure a temperature of the at least one surge arrester and generate temperature data therefrom, and at least one controller connected to the at least one contactless temperature sensor and configured to receive the temperature data.
Claims29
A device with health monitoring, comprising:
- a housing defining an interior space;
- at least one surge arrester positioned in the interior space;
- at least one contactless temperature sensor positioned to contactlessly measure a temperature of the at least one surge arrester and generate temperature data therefrom;
- and
- at least one controller connected to the at least one contactless temperature sensor and configured to receive the temperature data.
A link box with health monitoring, comprising:
- a housing defining an interior space;
- at least one internal electrical conductor positioned within the interior space, each of the at least one internal electrical conductor either extending out of the interior space or being electrically connected to an external electrical conductor positioned outside of the interior space;
- at least one sheath voltage limiter positioned in the interior space that electrically connects a corresponding one of the at least one of the at least one internal electrical conductor to a ground conductor;
- at least one contactless temperature sensor positioned to contactlessly measure a temperature of the at least one sheath voltage limiter and generate temperature data therefrom, each temperature sensor communicating the temperature data to at least one controller;
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- at least one environment parameter sensor positioned within the interior space to measure the at least one environment parameter therein and generate environmental condition data therefrom, each of the at least one environment parameter sensor communicating the environmental condition data to at least one controller.
A link box with health monitoring, comprising:
- a housing defining an interior space;
- at least one component positioned in the interior space;
- at least one contactless temperature sensor positioned to contactlessly measure a temperature of the at least one component and generate temperature data therefrom;
- and
- at least one controller connected to the at least one contactless temperature sensor and configured to receive the temperature data;
- wherein the link box includes
- at least one internal electrical conductor positioned within the interior space, each of the at least one internal electrical conductor either extending out of the interior space or being electrically connected to an external electrical conductor positioned outside of the interior space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.