Systems and methods for monitoring electrical fuses
AssigneeEaton Intelligent Power Limited
InventorsThomas E. Schmitt, Venancio Esteban Narciso, Arturo Gutierrez Ramos, Jacob Nuñez Lopez
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Abstract
A fuse monitoring device for monitoring a fuse supported by a fuse block, the fuse monitoring device including a housing. The housing includes a holder attachment mechanism configured to connect the fuse monitoring device to a fuse block. The housing also includes a mounting attachment mechanism configured to connect the fuse monitoring device to a mounting structure and at least one sensor configured to be operably connected to a fuse and configured to measure fuse data associated with the fuse. The monitoring device further includes at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor.
Claims20
A fuse monitoring device for monitoring a fuse supported by a fuse block, the fuse monitoring device comprising:
- a housing comprising:
- a holder attachment mechanism configured to connect the fuse monitoring device to a fuse block, wherein the holder attachment mechanism comprises a sliding surface that is configured to be in contact with the fuse block when connecting the fuse monitoring device to the fuse block;
- and
- a mounting attachment mechanism configured to connect the fuse monitoring device to a mounting structure;
- at least one sensor configured to be operably connected to a fuse and configured to measure fuse data associated with the fuse;
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- at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor, the at least one processor configured to transmit the fuse data.
A fuse monitoring system, the fuse monitoring system comprising:
- a fuse monitoring assembly comprising:
- a fuse monitoring device comprising:
- a housing comprising:
- a holder attachment mechanism configured to connect the fuse monitoring device to a fuse block, wherein the holder attachment mechanism comprises a sliding surface that is configured to be in contact with the fuse block when connecting the fuse monitoring device to the fuse block;
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- a mounting attachment mechanism configured to connect the fuse monitoring device to a mounting structure;
- at least one sensor configured to be operably connected to a fuse and configured to measure fuse data associated with the fuse;
- and
- at least a first processor communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor, the at least the first processor configured to transmit the fuse data;
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- a fuse monitoring computing device configured to receive the fuse data from the at least the first processor, the fuse monitoring computing device comprising at least a second processor in communication with at least one memory device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.