Communication enabled circuit breakers and circuit breaker panels
AssigneeLeviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
InventorsAdam Kevelos, Alfred J. Lombardi, Michael Ostrovsky, Paul Soccoli
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Abstract
Communication enabled circuit breakers and circuit breaker panels are described. Methods associated with such communication enabled circuit breakers and circuit breaker panels are also described. A circuit breaker panel may include a circuit breaker controller and one or more communication enabled circuit breakers. Two-way wireless communication is possible between the circuit breaker controller and the one or more communication enabled circuit breakers.
Claims36
A communicating circuit breaker for use in a panel system with a communicating circuit breaker controller, the communicating circuit breaker comprising:
- a line side phase connection;
- a load side phase connection;
- a memory comprising fault interrupter instructions;
- a circuit interrupter;
- a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the circuit interrupter;
- and
- a wireless radio configured to communicate with the communicating circuit breaker controller,
- wherein the processor executes the fault interrupter instructions to cause the circuit interrupter to interrupt a current flow between the line side phase connection and the load side phase connection upon detection of a fault.
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A method to update a wireless circuit breaker, comprising:
- wirelessly receiving, from a circuit breaker controller, a mobile phone, or the Internet, an update control signal at the wireless circuit breaker;
- initiating an update mode of the wireless circuit breaker;
- wirelessly receiving updated fault interrupter instructions at the wireless circuit breaker;
- and
- validating the wirelessly received updated fault interrupter instructions.
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A method to update a wireless circuit breaker, comprising:
- wirelessly receiving an update control signal at the wireless circuit breaker;
- disabling tripping functionality of the wireless circuit breaker;
- initiating an update mode of the wireless circuit breaker;
- wirelessly receiving updated fault interrupter instructions at the wireless circuit breaker;
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- validating the wirelessly received updated fault interrupter instructions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.