System for monitoring a fuse link, fuse tube assembly and fuse cutout including same
AssigneeCooper Technologies Company
InventorsGREGG JAMES HAENSGEN, RICHARD WILLIAM LUCAS, MICHAEL BRUCE PITEL, BRUCE DOUGLAS HOEPPNER
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Abstract
A system for monitoring one or more aspects of a fuse tube assembly of a fuse cutout comprises: a housing structured to be disposed adjacent to, and coupled to the fuse tube assembly; a power source disposed in the housing; a processing unit disposed in the housing and electrically coupled to the power source; and a motion detecting unit disposed in the housing and electrically coupled to the processing unit, the motion detecting unit being structured to detect one or both of position or movement of the housing.
Claims19
A system for monitoring one or more aspects of a fuse tube assembly of a fuse cutout, the system comprising:
- a housing structured to be disposed adjacent to, and coupled to the fuse tube assembly;
- a power source disposed in the housing;
- a processing unit disposed in the housing and electrically coupled to the power source;
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- a motion detecting unit disposed in the housing and electrically coupled to the processing unit, the motion detecting unit being structured to detect one or both of position or movement of the housing.
A fuse tube assembly for use in a fuse cutout, the fuse tube assembly comprising:
- a fuse tube structured to receive a fuse link therein;
- an upper ferrule assembly coupled to the fuse tube at or about an upper end thereof, the upper ferrule assembly structured to engage an upper contact assembly of the fuse cutout;
- a lower ferrule assembly coupled to the fuse tube at or about an opposite lower end thereof, the upper ferrule assembly structured to engage a lower contact assembly of the fuse cutout;
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- a system for monitoring one or more aspects of the fuse tube assembly, the system comprising:
- a housing disposed adjacent to, and coupled to the fuse tube;
- a power source disposed in the housing;
- a processing unit disposed in the housing and electrically coupled to the power source;
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- a motion detecting unit disposed in the housing and electrically coupled to the processing unit, the motion detecting unit being adapted to detect one or both of position or movement of the housing.
A fuse cutout comprising:
- an insulator;
- a mounting member extending from the insulator for securing the cutout to a utility pole or other structural member;
- an upper contact assembly coupled to an upper end of the insulator;
- a lower contact assembly coupled to a lower end of the insulator;
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- a fuse tube assembly comprising:
- a fuse tube structured to receive a fuse link therein;
- an upper ferrule assembly coupled to the fuse tube at or about an upper end thereof, the upper ferrule assembly engaged with the upper contact assembly;
- a lower ferrule assembly coupled to the fuse tube at or about an opposite lower end thereof, the upper ferrule assembly engaged with the lower contact assembly of the fuse cutout;
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- a system for monitoring one or more aspects of the fuse tube assembly, the system comprising:
- a housing disposed adjacent to, and coupled to the fuse tube;
- a power source disposed in the housing;
- a processing unit disposed in the housing and electrically coupled to the power source;
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- a motion detecting unit disposed in the housing and electrically coupled to the processing unit, the motion detecting unit being adapted to detect one or both of position or movement of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.