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US 11,638,157 B2Granted
Communication enabled circuit breakers
AssigneeLeviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
InventorsScott Freeman, Abhishek Golwala, Rejaul Monir, Michael Ostrovsky, Alfred J. Lombardi, Ozgur Keser, Adam Kevelos, Paul Soccoli, Justin Berghoff
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Abstract
Wireless communication enabled circuit breakers are described. Methods associated with such wireless communication enabled circuit breakers are also described. The wireless communication enabled circuit breakers may controlled by a remote entity. The remote entity may wirelessly case the wireless communication enabled circuit breakers to trip.
Claims23
A method comprising:
- accessing a database comprising information associated with a communication enabled circuit breaker, the information comprising historical faults and historical operating parameters;
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- analyzing the information to determine whether the communication enabled circuit breaker is operating normally based on the historical faults and the historical operating parameters;
- accessing a fault tripping setting for the communication enabled circuit breaker;
- determining an updated fault tripping setting for the communication enabled circuit breaker based on the historical faults, the historical operating parameters, and the fault tripping setting;
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- sending an instruction to a circuit breaker controller to update the fault tripping setting for the communication enabled circuit breaker to the updated fault tripping setting;
- wherein the method is performed by:
- a mobile device, the circuit breaker controller, by the circuit breaker, or by a combination thereof.
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A method comprising:
- sending, from a computing device, authentication credentials to access a database for a communication enabled circuit breaker panel system, the communication enabled circuit breaker panel system comprising one or more communication enabled circuit breakers, the database comprising historical data including indications of at least one of an operating condition, an operating parameter, a status, event, circuit breaker diagnostics, and circuit breaker cycling, for each of the one or more communication enabled circuit breakers and comprising an indication of a fault tripping setting for the communication enabled circuit breaker panel;
- analyzing the historical data related to a fault tripping setting for the communication enabled circuit breaker panel or for at least one of the one or more communication enabled circuit breakers;
- sending a control signal to access the database to request the indication of the fault tripping setting for the communication enabled circuit breaker panel or for at least one of the one or more communication enabled circuit breakers;
- receiving the indication of the fault tripping setting for the communication enabled circuit breaker panel or for the at least one of the one or more communication enabled circuit breakers and
- modifying the fault tripping setting for the communication enabled circuit breaker panel or for the at least one of the one or more communication enabled circuit breakers.
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A method comprising:
- accessing a database comprising historical data including a plurality of faults reported by a communication enabled circuit breaker and historical operating parameters of the communication enabled circuit breaker associated with the plurality of faults;
- monitor operating parameters of the communication enabled circuit breaker;
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- receiving related information, the related information comprising at least one of user input, user feedback, or observations from related systems;
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- predicting a future fault of the communication enabled circuit breaker based on the plurality of faults, the historical operating parameters, the current operating parameters, and the related information;
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- updating a firmware for the communication enabled circuit breaker based on the plurality of faults, the historical operating parameters, the current operating parameters, and the related information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.