Circuit Breaker Accessory Data Collector and Related Methods and Computer Program Products
AssigneeEaton Corporation
InventorAnthony Thomas Ricciuti
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Abstract
Accessory data collectors coupled to a switch-gear of a power system including at least one circuit breaker are provided. The data collector includes a sensor array configured to sense parameters associated with at least one accessory coupled to the at least one circuit breaker; and data storage configured to store the sensed parameters associated with the at least one accessory for a plurality of operational cycles of the at least one circuit breaker. Related methods and computer program products are also provided.
Claims20
An accessory data collector coupled to a switch-gear of a power system including at least one circuit breaker, the data collector comprising:
- a sensor array configured to sense parameters associated with at least one accessory coupled to the at least one circuit breaker;
- and
- data storage configured to store the sensed parameters associated with the at least one accessory for a plurality of operational cycles of the at least one circuit breaker.
A method of collecting data for circuit breaker accessories using an accessory data collector coupled to a switch-gear of a power system including at least one circuit breaker, the method comprising:
- sensing parameters associated with at least one accessory coupled to the at least one circuit breaker;
- and
- storing the sensed parameters associated with the at least one accessory for a plurality of operational cycles of the at least one circuit breaker,
- wherein at least one of the sensing and storing are performed by at least one processor of the data collector.
A computer program product for collecting data for circuit breaker accessories using an accessory data collector coupled to a switch-gear of a power system including at least one circuit breaker, the computer program product comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code to sense parameters associated with at least one accessory coupled to the at least one circuit breaker;
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- computer readable program code to store the sensed parameters associated with the at least one accessory for a plurality of operational cycles of the at least one circuit breaker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.