Energy harvest split core design elements for ease of installation, high performance, and long term reliability
AssigneeSentient Technology Holdings, LLC
InventorsMichael Kast, David P. Knight, Mark A. Parsons, Dennis Allen Saxby
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Abstract
A power line sensing device is provided that can include a number of features. In one embodiment, a power line sensing device includes a split-core transformer comprising a first core half having a first core face and a second core half having a second core face. The first core face and/or the second core face are covered with a protective film. The power line sensing device further includes a mechanism that, when the power line sensing device is installed, removes the protective film and joins the first core face to the second core face around a power line conductor.
Claims20
A power line sensing device, comprising
- a split-core transformer comprising a first core half having a first core face and a second core half having a second core face, at least one of the first core face or the second core face being covered with a protective film;
- and
- a mechanism that, when the power line sensing device is installed, removes the protective film and joins the first core face to the second core face around a power line conductor.
A power line sensing device, comprising:
- a split-core transformer comprising a first core half having a first core face and a second core half having a second core face;
- a clamping mechanism that, when the power line sensing device is installed, joins the first core face to the second core face around a power line conductor;
- a first perimeter seal around an entire perimeter of the first core face;
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- a second perimeter seal around an entire perimeter of the second core face.
A method for installing a power line sensing device around a power line conductor, the power line sensing device comprising a split-core transformer comprising a first core half having a first core face and a second core half having a second core face, at least one of the first core face or the second core face being covered with a protective film, the method comprising:
- joining the first core face to the second core face around the power line conductor via a rotational motion of a hot stick;
- and
- removing the protective film via the rotational motion of the hot stick.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.