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US 9,177,718 B2Granted
Sensing transformer with pivotable and rotatable split cores
AssigneeVeris Industries, LLC
InventorsMartin Cook, Mark D. Rowan, Marc Bowman, Troy Earl Wecker, Mark Taft, Gary Richmond, Cristin Rosenbaum, Kenneth Courian, Doug Porter
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Abstract
A split core sensing transformer comprises a first core portion and a second core portion joined to the first core portion for pivoting relative to the first core portion about a first axis and for rotation relative to the first core portion about a second axis substantially normal to said first axis.
Claims10
A sensing transformer comprising:
- (a) an elongate first transformer portion including a first core portion and defining a hinge pin;
- (b) a hinge ring comprising a hinge knuckle arranged to secure said hinge pin for rotation about a hinge axis and a cylindrical turret portion having a wall defining an aperture with a central axis substantially normal to said hinge axis and a ledge projecting inward from an inner surface of said wall;
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- (c) a second transformer portion including a second core portion and a circular turret ring interlockingly engageable with said ledge to secure said hinge ring to said first transformer portion for rotation about said central axis of said of turret portion.
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A sensing transformer comprising:
- (a) an elongate first transformer portion comprising:
- (i) a first core portion including a first end portion and a second end portion;
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- (ii) a first core housing enclosing a portion of said first core portion and defining a hinge pin arranged substantially normal to a longitudinal axis of said first core housing;
- (b) a hinge ring comprising:
- (i) a hinge knuckle engageable with said hinge pin to secure said hinge pin for rotation about a hinge axis;
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- (ii) a cylindrical turret including a wall defining an aperture with a central axis normal to said hinge axis and a ledge projecting from an inner surface of said wall toward said central axis;
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- (c) a second transformer portion comprising:
- (i) a second core portion having a first end portion arranged for contact with said first end portion of said first core portion and a spaced apart second end portion arranged for contact with said second end portion of said first core portion, said first core portion and said second core portion defining a core aperture when said end portions are in contact;
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- (ii) a second core housing enclosing a portion of a second core portion and defining a turret ring arranged for interlocking, rotatable engagement with said ledge of said hinge ring.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.