| US 7,612,654 B2 | ||
| System and method for circuit protector monitoring and management | ||
| Robert Lawrence Bender, Wildwood, Mo. (US); Timothy Hamilton Speno, Wildwood, Mo. (US); Michael Craig Henricks, Ballwin, Mo. (US); Robert Stephen Douglass, Wildwood, Mo. (US); Joan Leslie Winnett Bender, Chesterfield, Mo. (US); and Matthew R. Darr, Godfrey, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Cooper Technologies Company, Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 09, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/223,702. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/608580, filed on Sep. 10, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0077609 A1, Apr. 13, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G08B 25/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 340—292 [340/638; 340/664] | 53 Claims |
| 1. A circuit protector system comprising:
at least one circuit protector defining an interruptible current path therethrough upon an occurrence of specified operating
condition in a circuit;
a status element associated with the circuit protector and adapted to monitor an operating state of the current path, the
status element adapted to communicate data comprising a unique identification code for the circuit protector and a location
code for the circuit protector; and
an electronic management system in communication with the status element and receiving the data communicated from the status
element at a location remote from the circuit protector, wherein the management system is adapted to automatically alert and
summon responsible personnel when the circuit protector has operated to open the circuit path, and identify the location of
the operated circuit protector.
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