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US 2010/0134075 A1Published application
Electrical component fault detection
AssigneeBrush SEM s.r.o.
InventorPavel HLAVAC
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Abstract
A motive unit, such as a generator, is disclosed. The motive unit has a fault transmitter to provide a status indication of a component of the motive unit. Failure of a component, such as a diode on the rotor of a generator, can be accordingly communicated.
Claims13
A motive unit comprising:
- a moving part comprising a first electrical component connected to a circuit;
- a fault transmitter connected to the first component and configured to transmit an optical status signal indicating a status of the first component;
- a stationary part comprising a receiver configured to receive the optical status signal from the fault transmitter and to generate a status indication of the first component based on the optical status signal.
A method of installing a fault detection system in a motive unit comprising the steps of:
- connecting a fault transmitter to a first electrical component in a moving part of the motive unit, the fault transmitter being configured to transmit an optical status signal indicating a status of the first component;
- installing a receiver in a stationary part of the motive unit, the receiver being configured to receive the optical status signal from the fault transmitter and to generate a status indication of the first component based on the optical signal during relative movement of the moving and stationary parts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.