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US 7,843,189 B2Granted
Current sensor having coil mounted to current carrying bus and related system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorBrian Eric Lindholm
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Abstract
A current sensor includes a coil for sensing current in a current carrying bus, and a mount for mounting the coil to the current carrying bus at a distance from the bus. A system including the current sensor includes similar structure.
Claims17
A current sensor comprising:
- a coil for sensing current in a current carrying bus;
- and
- a mount for mounting the coil to the current carrying bus at a distance from the bus, the mount including a ladder structure having:
- a pair of longitudinal members;
- interconnecting lateral arms each connected to the pair of longitudinal members;
- and
- coil fastening areas connected to at least one of the interconnecting lateral arms, wherein the coil is coupled to at least one of the coil fastening areas between the pair of longitudinal members.
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A system comprising:
- a device including a current carrying bus;
- and
- a current sensor including:
- a coil for sensing current in the current carrying bus;
- and
- a mount for mounting the coil to the bus, the mount including a ladder structure having:
- a pair of longitudinal members;
- interconnecting lateral arms each connected to the pair of longitudinal members;
- and
- coil fastening areas connected to at least one of the interconnecting lateral arms, wherein the coil is coupled to at least one of the coil fastening areas between the pair of longitudinal members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.