Device for sensing electrical current and housing therefor
AssigneeEaton Corporation
InventorsJerome K. Hastings, Davin R. Lee
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a sensor assembly (10) for attachment to an electrical conductor (5), which includes a base (20) having a cavity (22) and a pair of detector housings (30) extending from the base (20). The detector housings (30) are laterally spaced and substantially parallel and are provided to receive a magnetic field detector. An electronic circuit card (70) is disposed within the base cavity (22) and is operatively coupled to the magnetic field detectors. Additionally, an auxiliary circuit card (90)) that contains logic for detecting an arc fault may be provided for communicating with the electronic circuit card (70).
Claims9
A sensor assembly (10) for attachment to an electrical conductor (5), comprising:
- a base (20) having a cavity (22);
- a pair of detector housings (3) extending forms aid base (20), said detector housings (30) being laterally spaced and substantially parallel, each of said detector housings (30) having a cavity (32) for receiving a magnetic field detector;
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- a selectively extendable member (50) extending from said base (20), said extendable member (50) in cooperation with said base (20) to adjust the space between said pair of detector housings (30).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.