WO2004070751A3 - Circuit interrupting device and system utilizing bridge contact mechanism and reset lockout - Google Patents

Circuit interrupting device and system utilizing bridge contact mechanism and reset lockout Download PDF

Info

Publication number
WO2004070751A3
WO2004070751A3 PCT/US2004/002575 US2004002575W WO2004070751A3 WO 2004070751 A3 WO2004070751 A3 WO 2004070751A3 US 2004002575 W US2004002575 W US 2004002575W WO 2004070751 A3 WO2004070751 A3 WO 2004070751A3
Authority
WO
WIPO (PCT)
Prior art keywords
circuit interrupting
reset
system utilizing
contact mechanism
interrupting device
Prior art date
Application number
PCT/US2004/002575
Other languages
French (fr)
Other versions
WO2004070751A2 (en
Inventor
Frantz Germain
James Richter
David Herzfeld
Armando Calixto
David Chan
Stephen Stewart
Original Assignee
Leviton Manufacturing Co
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Family has litigation
First worldwide family litigation filed litigation Critical https://patents.darts-ip.com/?family=32853373&utm_source=google_patent&utm_medium=platform_link&utm_campaign=public_patent_search&patent=WO2004070751(A3) "Global patent litigation dataset” by Darts-ip is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Application filed by Leviton Manufacturing Co filed Critical Leviton Manufacturing Co
Priority to MXPA05008274A priority Critical patent/MXPA05008274A/en
Priority to CA2515035A priority patent/CA2515035C/en
Publication of WO2004070751A2 publication Critical patent/WO2004070751A2/en
Publication of WO2004070751A3 publication Critical patent/WO2004070751A3/en

Links

Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H83/00—Protective switches, e.g. circuit-breaking switches, or protective relays operated by abnormal electrical conditions otherwise than solely by excess current
    • H01H83/02—Protective switches, e.g. circuit-breaking switches, or protective relays operated by abnormal electrical conditions otherwise than solely by excess current operated by earth fault currents
    • H01H83/04—Protective switches, e.g. circuit-breaking switches, or protective relays operated by abnormal electrical conditions otherwise than solely by excess current operated by earth fault currents with testing means for indicating the ability of the switch or relay to function properly
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02H—EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS
    • H02H3/00—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection
    • H02H3/26—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection responsive to difference between voltages or between currents; responsive to phase angle between voltages or between currents
    • H02H3/32—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection responsive to difference between voltages or between currents; responsive to phase angle between voltages or between currents involving comparison of the voltage or current values at corresponding points in different conductors of a single system, e.g. of currents in go and return conductors
    • H02H3/33—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection responsive to difference between voltages or between currents; responsive to phase angle between voltages or between currents involving comparison of the voltage or current values at corresponding points in different conductors of a single system, e.g. of currents in go and return conductors using summation current transformers
    • H02H3/338—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection responsive to difference between voltages or between currents; responsive to phase angle between voltages or between currents involving comparison of the voltage or current values at corresponding points in different conductors of a single system, e.g. of currents in go and return conductors using summation current transformers also responsive to wiring error, e.g. loss of neutral, break

Abstract

A GFCI device (10) which has reverse wiring protection is provided where no power is present at the face terminals (32, 34) even when the device is reversed wired. The device has a pair of movable bridges connected to its terminals. The terminal bridge pair makes contact with the load and the face terminals (32, 34) providing power to these terminals when the device is reset. The device also has a reset lockout feature that prevents it from being reset after having been tripped if the circuit interrupting portion of the device is non-operational.
PCT/US2004/002575 2003-02-03 2004-01-30 Circuit interrupting device and system utilizing bridge contact mechanism and reset lockout WO2004070751A2 (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
MXPA05008274A MXPA05008274A (en) 2003-02-03 2004-01-30 Circuit interrupting device and system utilizing bridge contact mechanism and reset lockout.
CA2515035A CA2515035C (en) 2003-02-03 2004-01-30 Circuit interrupting device and system utilizing bridge contact mechanism and reset lockout

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US44446903P 2003-02-03 2003-02-03
US60/444,469 2003-02-03
US10/690,776 2003-10-22
US10/690,776 US7737809B2 (en) 2003-02-03 2003-10-22 Circuit interrupting device and system utilizing bridge contact mechanism and reset lockout

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
WO2004070751A2 WO2004070751A2 (en) 2004-08-19
WO2004070751A3 true WO2004070751A3 (en) 2004-12-23

Family

ID=32853373

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
PCT/US2004/002575 WO2004070751A2 (en) 2003-02-03 2004-01-30 Circuit interrupting device and system utilizing bridge contact mechanism and reset lockout

Country Status (4)

Country Link
US (1) US7737809B2 (en)
CA (1) CA2515035C (en)
MX (1) MXPA05008274A (en)
WO (1) WO2004070751A2 (en)

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US7737809B2 (en) 2003-02-03 2010-06-15 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Circuit interrupting device and system utilizing bridge contact mechanism and reset lockout
US7907371B2 (en) 1998-08-24 2011-03-15 Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc. Circuit interrupting device with reset lockout and reverse wiring protection and method of manufacture

Families Citing this family (27)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6040967A (en) 1998-08-24 2000-03-21 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Reset lockout for circuit interrupting device
US7133266B1 (en) 2000-11-21 2006-11-07 Pass & Seymour, Inc. Electrical wiring device
US7598828B1 (en) 2004-07-28 2009-10-06 Pass & Seymour, Inc. Protection device with a sandwiched cantilever breaker mechanism
US9362077B2 (en) 2000-02-17 2016-06-07 Pass & Seymour, Inc. Electrical device with miswire protection and automated testing
US8514529B1 (en) 2000-11-21 2013-08-20 Pass & Seymour, Inc. Electrical wiring device
US7049911B2 (en) 2003-02-03 2006-05-23 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Circuit interrupting device and system utilizing electromechanical reset
US7944331B2 (en) * 2003-02-03 2011-05-17 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Circuit interrupting device with reverse wiring protection
US7619861B2 (en) 2004-09-29 2009-11-17 Pass & Seymour, Inc. Protective device having a thin construction
CN100384042C (en) * 2005-07-15 2008-04-23 蒋闯 Flashover leakage protector and protection method thereof
US7474323B2 (en) * 2005-08-02 2009-01-06 Sony Corporation Print apparatus, ribbon movement control device, ribbon film, ribbon movement control method, and program
WO2008005928A2 (en) * 2006-06-30 2008-01-10 Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc. Circuit interrupter with live ground detector
US7623330B2 (en) 2006-07-28 2009-11-24 Copper Technologies Company Ground fault circuit interrupter device
US7498910B2 (en) 2006-07-28 2009-03-03 Cooper Technologies Company Ground fault circuit interrupter device
US7564329B2 (en) * 2006-07-28 2009-07-21 Cooper Technologies Company Ground fault circuit interrupter device
US7538647B2 (en) * 2006-07-28 2009-05-26 Cooper Technologies Company Ground fault circuit interrupter device
US7683745B2 (en) * 2006-07-28 2010-03-23 Cooper Technologies Company Ground fault circuit interrupter device
CA2730014C (en) 2008-07-07 2017-02-28 Michael Kamor Fault circuit interrupter device
US7924537B2 (en) 2008-07-09 2011-04-12 Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc. Miswiring circuit coupled to an electrical fault interrupter
US7986501B2 (en) * 2009-03-05 2011-07-26 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Detecting and sensing actuation in a circuit interrupting device
US8861146B2 (en) 2010-12-17 2014-10-14 Pass & Seymour, Inc. Electrical wiring device with protective features
US9774181B2 (en) 2012-03-16 2017-09-26 Hubbell Incorporated Enhanced auto-monitoring circuit and method for an electrical device
US8830015B2 (en) 2012-03-16 2014-09-09 Hubbell Incorporated Compact latching mechanism for switched electrical device
US8568152B1 (en) * 2012-04-19 2013-10-29 Pass & Seymour, Inc. Shutter assembly for electrical devices
US9276393B2 (en) 2012-10-01 2016-03-01 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Processor-based circuit interrupting devices
US9819177B2 (en) 2013-03-15 2017-11-14 Pass & Seymour, Inc. Protective device with non-volatile memory miswire circuit
US10330704B2 (en) 2016-08-25 2019-06-25 Karl E. Hase System of electrical fixtures with integral current monitoring, telemetry, remote control, safety and sensory features
CN107359094B (en) * 2017-07-14 2019-07-23 张家港市佰瑞普电器科技有限公司 A kind of ground fault earth leakage protective device and resetting-mechanism therein

Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5185687A (en) * 1991-03-28 1993-02-09 Eaton Corporation Chaos sensing arc detection
US5363269A (en) * 1993-02-22 1994-11-08 Hubbell Incorporated GFCI receptacle

Family Cites Families (214)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB227930A (en) 1923-10-26 1925-01-26 Reyrolle A & Co Ltd Improvements in or relating to electric protective arrangements
US2001563A (en) 1934-08-15 1935-05-14 Gen Electric Control of circuit breakers
US2320123A (en) 1941-07-26 1943-05-25 Gen Electric Protection of alternating current electric systems
US2540496A (en) 1948-04-13 1951-02-06 Jerome J Sperrazza Safety electrical receptacle
US2485367A (en) 1948-06-30 1949-10-18 Gen Electric Ground-fault neutralizer by-pass switch reopening equipment
ES21345U (en) 1949-10-28 1949-12-01 García Catá José M Stopper for closing the threaded tube of tin tubes that allows you to open your mouth without unscrewing them (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)
NL214212A (en) 1956-02-03
US2826652A (en) 1956-04-24 1958-03-11 Arno E Piplack Electric plug receptacle
GB830018A (en) 1957-03-13 1960-03-09 Michael Cornelius Gerrard Protective device for electrical circuits and apparatus
US2993148A (en) 1957-06-14 1961-07-18 Gen Electric Circuit protecting apparatus
GB880238A (en) 1958-12-16 1961-10-18 Michael Cornelius Gerrard Protective arrangements for electric circuits and apparatus
NL280036A (en) 1961-07-03
US3233151A (en) 1962-12-31 1966-02-01 Gen Electric Electrical protective systems
US3222631A (en) 1963-12-24 1965-12-07 Leonard A Cohen Electrical socket
US3238492A (en) 1964-01-16 1966-03-01 Hubbell Inc Harvey Safety electric receptacle
US3309571A (en) 1964-03-09 1967-03-14 Mc Graw Edison Co Repeating circuit interrupter having reset control means responsive to line condition
US3538477A (en) 1965-09-20 1970-11-03 Allen Bradley Co Lever means,between protection means and switch contacts,for preventing resetting of operating mechanism if contacts are welded shut
US3617662A (en) 1970-02-03 1971-11-02 Tidewater Research Corp Safety electrical outlet
US3813579A (en) 1970-11-09 1974-05-28 Rucker Co Electric receptacle assembly with ground fault protection
US3766434A (en) 1971-08-09 1973-10-16 S Sherman Safety power distribution system
US3775726A (en) 1971-09-13 1973-11-27 R Gress Safety receptacle
US3702418A (en) 1971-09-30 1972-11-07 Texas Instruments Inc Protection system with manual reset means operable only on clearing of the fault
US3864449A (en) 1973-05-17 1975-02-04 Bethlehem Steel Corp Regeneration of alkanolamine absorbing solution in gas sweetening processes
US3872354A (en) 1973-11-19 1975-03-18 Rucker Co Portable ground fault interrupter
US3990758A (en) 1974-05-06 1976-11-09 Petterson Tor H Child-safe electrical outlet
US4001804A (en) 1974-11-25 1977-01-04 I-T Safety Enterprises Limited Ground fault protection for electrical power distribution systems
US3949336A (en) 1975-01-08 1976-04-06 Square D Company Sequential resetting circuit interrupter
US4013929A (en) 1975-04-14 1977-03-22 Square D Company Multiple duty components of a ground fault receptacle
US4034266A (en) 1975-08-29 1977-07-05 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Electric wall receptacle with ground fault protection
ZA764834B (en) 1975-08-29 1977-07-27 Westinghouse Electric Corp An improvement in or relating to switch for electrical wall receptacle with ground fault protection
US4002951A (en) 1975-09-22 1977-01-11 Cutler-Hammer, Inc. Electrical receptacle mounted ground fault interrupter with automatic plug insertion testing
US3986763A (en) 1975-10-15 1976-10-19 Midland Electric Manufacturing Company Electric sockets
US4010432A (en) 1975-10-22 1977-03-01 General Electric Company Electrical receptacle equipped with ground fault protection
US4063299A (en) 1975-10-24 1977-12-13 Eagle Electric Mfg. Co. Inc. Magnetically latched ground fault circuit interrupter
US4051544A (en) 1976-03-23 1977-09-27 Gte Sylvania Incorporated Fail-safe ground fault receptacle circuit
US4072382A (en) 1976-06-02 1978-02-07 Reschke Kurt W Safety outlet
US4034360A (en) 1976-08-06 1977-07-05 Schweitzer Edmund O Jun System for disabling the reset circuit of fault indicating means
US4148536A (en) 1976-11-22 1979-04-10 Petropoulsos Nikolaostzakos J Safety electrical receptacle
US4114123A (en) * 1976-12-30 1978-09-12 Texas Instruments Incorporated Circuit breaker
US4109226A (en) 1977-03-01 1978-08-22 General Electric Company Disconnect switch with reset mechanism
FR2391549B3 (en) 1977-05-17 1981-01-09 Elettrocondutture PROTECTION AND CUT-OFF DEVICE FOR ELECTRICAL LINES
US4159499A (en) 1977-06-20 1979-06-26 Bereskin Alexander B Ground fault detection and protection circuit
US4163882A (en) 1977-12-05 1979-08-07 Baslow Floyd M Adapter for standard electrical wall fixtures
US4194231A (en) 1978-03-08 1980-03-18 General Electric Company Dual voltage ground fault protector
US4168104A (en) 1978-06-29 1979-09-18 Buschow Dean W Electrical receptacle
DE2834327C2 (en) 1978-08-04 1983-01-13 Heinrich Kopp Gmbh & Co Kg, 8756 Kahl Full electrical circuit breaker
US5202662A (en) 1978-09-07 1993-04-13 Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc. Resettable circuit breaker for use in ground fault circuit interrupters and the like
US4412193A (en) 1978-09-07 1983-10-25 Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc. Resettable circuit breaker for use in ground fault circuit interrupters and the like
US4223365A (en) 1979-03-29 1980-09-16 Mcgraw-Edison Company Auto resetting switchgear trip indicator circuits
US4271337A (en) 1979-09-17 1981-06-02 Harvey Hubbell Incorporated Safety receptacle
US4316230A (en) 1979-10-09 1982-02-16 Eaton Corporation Minimum size, integral, A.C. overload current sensing, remote power controller with reset lockout
US4377837A (en) 1980-04-15 1983-03-22 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Circuit interrupter with overtemperature trip device
US4379607A (en) 1980-10-06 1983-04-12 Slater Electric Inc. Shuttered receptacle
US4386338A (en) 1980-11-17 1983-05-31 Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc. Remote control system
US4518945A (en) 1980-11-17 1985-05-21 Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc. Remote control system
US4409574A (en) 1982-01-21 1983-10-11 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Ground fault circuit interrupter with a unified test and reset switch mechanism
US4626953A (en) 1984-04-30 1986-12-02 Nilssen Ole K Doubly overload-protected power distribution system
US4442470A (en) 1982-09-10 1984-04-10 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Ground fault receptacle with arrangement for protecting internal electronics
US4567456A (en) 1983-06-13 1986-01-28 Technology Research Corporation Resettable circuit closing device
US4515945A (en) 1983-08-15 1985-05-07 Ethyl Corporation N-Alkyl-4-(4-pyridinyl)isatoic anhydrides
US4538040A (en) 1983-10-05 1985-08-27 Pass & Seymour, Inc. Electrical switch means particularly adapted to GFCI test and reset switches
CA1218445A (en) 1983-12-05 1987-02-24 Richard C. Doyle Shock hazard protection system
US4578732A (en) 1983-12-14 1986-03-25 Square D Company Ground fault circuit interrupter including snap-acting contacts
US4574260A (en) 1983-12-14 1986-03-04 Square D Company Snap acting solenoid operated reset latch mechanism
US4521824A (en) 1984-02-13 1985-06-04 General Electric Company Interrupter mechanism for a ground fault circuit interrupter
US4587588A (en) 1984-03-02 1986-05-06 Perma Power Electronics, Inc. Power line transient surge suppressor
US4568899A (en) 1984-03-27 1986-02-04 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Ground fault accessory for a molded case circuit breaker
US4544219A (en) 1984-06-01 1985-10-01 Harvey Hubbell Incorporated Shuttered electrical receptacle
EP0171844B1 (en) 1984-08-17 1989-01-04 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Capped electric lamp
DE3431581A1 (en) 1984-08-28 1986-03-20 Friedrich Dipl.-Ing. 8033 Krailling Lauerer Electrical circuit breaker
US4631624A (en) 1984-11-02 1986-12-23 Square D Company Time delay undervoltage release
US4603932A (en) 1985-01-10 1986-08-05 Heverly Karen H Electrical outlet cover
US4630015A (en) 1985-01-10 1986-12-16 Slater Electric, Inc. Ground fault circuit interrupter
US4719437A (en) 1985-03-06 1988-01-12 Goldstar Instrument & Electric Co. Electrical ground fault receptacle assembly
US4641216A (en) 1985-04-22 1987-02-03 General Electric Company Signal processor module for ground fault circuit breaker
US4686600A (en) 1985-04-22 1987-08-11 General Electric Company Modular ground fault circuit breaker
US4641217A (en) 1985-05-31 1987-02-03 General Electric Company Two pole ground fault circuit breaker
US4802052A (en) 1987-01-20 1989-01-31 Pass & Seymour, Inc. Latching and release system for ground fault receptacle
US4722693A (en) 1987-03-30 1988-02-02 Friedhelm Rose Safety shutters for electrical receptacles
GB2207823B (en) 1987-06-16 1991-03-20 Crabtree Electrical Ind Ltd Improvements relating to circuit breakers
US4816957A (en) 1987-08-27 1989-03-28 Lawrence Irwin F Ground line fault interrupter adapter unit
US4814641A (en) 1987-12-30 1989-03-21 Jacques Dufresne Electric safety supply apparatus and connector device combination
US4851951A (en) 1988-01-06 1989-07-25 Associated Mills Inc. Non-defeatable safety mechanical actuators for appliances
US4867693A (en) 1988-08-01 1989-09-19 General Electric Company Safety electrical tap
US4897049A (en) 1988-08-01 1990-01-30 General Electric Company Electrical tap with permanent mount
US4867694A (en) 1988-08-01 1989-09-19 General Electric Company Safety electrical receptacle
US4901183A (en) 1988-08-29 1990-02-13 World Products, Inc. Surge protection device
US4949070A (en) 1989-01-19 1990-08-14 Wetzel Donald C Locomotive lubrication level monitor
US5006075A (en) 1989-02-09 1991-04-09 Pass & Seymour, Inc. Electrical receptacle with shuttered prong-receiving openings
US4967308A (en) 1989-02-13 1990-10-30 Milton Morse Enhanced safety device for an electrical appliance
US4956743A (en) 1989-03-13 1990-09-11 Allied-Signal Inc. Ground fault interrupters for glassy metal alloys
US4979070A (en) 1989-06-13 1990-12-18 Bodkin Lawrence E Automatic reset circuit for GFCI
US4936789A (en) 1989-08-01 1990-06-26 Joseph Ugalde Method and apparatus for preventing the theft of a fluorescent lamp and ballast transformer
DE4010424A1 (en) 1990-03-31 1991-10-02 Hilti Ag FAULT CURRENT PROTECTIVE DEVICE
US5179491A (en) 1990-07-19 1993-01-12 Square D Company Plug-in circuit breaker
US5148344A (en) 1990-08-06 1992-09-15 Tower Manufacturing Corporation Appliance leakage current interrupter
US5161240A (en) 1990-10-26 1992-11-03 Johnson Ken C Electric wall switch with ground fault protection
US5144516A (en) 1991-02-04 1992-09-01 Wing Shing Products Company, Ltd. Leakage current circuit interrupter device
US5517165A (en) 1991-07-22 1996-05-14 Pdl Holdings Limited Switch mechanism
US5229730A (en) 1991-08-16 1993-07-20 Technology Research Corporation Resettable circuit interrupter
US5224006A (en) 1991-09-26 1993-06-29 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Electronic circuit breaker with protection against sputtering arc faults and ground faults
US5162766A (en) 1991-10-07 1992-11-10 General Electric Company Molded case circuit breaker with interchangeable trip circuits
US5320545A (en) 1992-06-19 1994-06-14 Brothers Harlan J Household safety receptacle
CA2093061C (en) 1992-07-22 2005-02-15 Raymond H. Legatti Leakage current protection device adapted to a wide variety of domestic and international applications
US5448443A (en) 1992-07-29 1995-09-05 Suvon Associates Power conditioning device and method
US5223810A (en) 1992-08-20 1993-06-29 General Electric Company Trip-reset mechanism for GFCI receptacle
US5293522A (en) 1992-09-11 1994-03-08 Westinghouse Electric Company Ground fault circuit breaker with test spring/contacts directly mounted to test circuit of printed circuit board
US5281331A (en) * 1992-10-28 1994-01-25 Golan Ilan Z Radiator fluid filter
CA2103018A1 (en) 1992-11-16 1994-05-17 David Chan High current ground fault circuit interrupter
US5277607A (en) 1993-01-15 1994-01-11 The Whitaker Corporation Electrical connector with shorting contacts which wipe against each other
US5568344A (en) 1994-11-02 1996-10-22 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. In-line cord ground fault circuit interrupter
US5477412A (en) 1993-07-08 1995-12-19 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Ground fault circuit interrupter incorporating miswiring prevention circuitry
US5374199A (en) 1993-07-30 1994-12-20 Chung; Chien-Lin Safety receptacle
US5418678A (en) 1993-09-02 1995-05-23 Hubbell Incorporated Manually set ground fault circuit interrupter
US5661623A (en) 1993-09-02 1997-08-26 Hubbell Corporation Ground fault circuit interrupter plug
US5515218A (en) 1993-10-05 1996-05-07 Dehaven; Jeff L. Ground fault circuit interrupter, circuit, circuit tester and method
ATE157623T1 (en) * 1993-10-07 1997-09-15 Elpatronic Ag CONVEYOR CAROUSEL WITH SEVERAL EXHAUSTS FOR SELECTIVE HOLDING OF CONTAINERS TO BE CONVEYED
JP3358264B2 (en) 1993-12-28 2002-12-16 株式会社日立製作所 DC power supply circuit
DE4421906C2 (en) * 1994-06-24 1996-10-24 Vdo Schindling Method and circuit arrangement for measuring the resistance of a resistance sensor
US5617284A (en) 1994-08-05 1997-04-01 Paradise; Rick Power surge protection apparatus and method
GB9416569D0 (en) 1994-08-16 1994-10-12 Crabtree Electrical Ind Ltd Residual current devices
HUT77614A (en) 1994-08-24 1998-06-29 Aeg Niederspannungstechnik Gmbh. & Co. Kg Earth-leakage circuit breaker with automatic monitoring facility
US5594398A (en) 1994-10-24 1997-01-14 Pass & Seymour, Inc. Ground fault interrupter wiring device with improved moveable contact system
US5510760A (en) 1994-10-24 1996-04-23 Pass & Seymour, Inc. Ground fault interrupter wiring device with improved latching and actuating components
US5644464A (en) 1995-01-12 1997-07-01 Pacific Sources, Inc. Resettable latch mechanism
US5551884A (en) 1995-01-25 1996-09-03 Burkhart, Sr.; Steven A. Locking electrical outlet
US6242993B1 (en) 1995-03-13 2001-06-05 Square D Company Apparatus for use in arcing fault detection systems
US5541800A (en) 1995-03-22 1996-07-30 Hubbell Incorporated Reverse wiring indicator for GFCI receptacles
US5555150A (en) 1995-04-19 1996-09-10 Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. Surge suppression system
US5600524A (en) 1995-05-04 1997-02-04 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Intelligent ground fault circuit interrupter
US5844759A (en) 1995-05-26 1998-12-01 David C. Nemir Electrical fault interrupter
US5625285A (en) 1995-06-01 1997-04-29 A. W. Sperry Instruments, Inc. AC power outlet ground integrity and wire test circuit device
GB2302988B (en) 1995-06-29 1997-07-09 Defond Mfg Ltd Circuit breaker
US5654857A (en) 1995-07-19 1997-08-05 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Ground fault circuit interrupt system including auxiliary surge suppression ability
US5518132A (en) 1995-08-04 1996-05-21 Board Tech Electronic Co., Ltd. Receptacle having protective flaps
US5637000A (en) 1996-01-31 1997-06-10 Pass & Seymour, Inc. Electrical wiring device with ground strap shorting protection
JP3250648B2 (en) 1996-03-26 2002-01-28 富士電機株式会社 Overcurrent trip device
US5655648A (en) 1996-05-01 1997-08-12 General Electric Company Modular accessory mechanical lock-out mechanism
US5710399A (en) 1996-05-01 1998-01-20 General Electric Company Electronic trip unit conversion kit for high ampere-rated circuit breakers
US5915981A (en) 1996-06-17 1999-06-29 Pass & Seymour, Inc. Electrical receptacle with safety shutter
IT1283365B1 (en) 1996-07-30 1998-04-17 Bticino Spa SHUTTER DEVICE OF CELLS OF A CURRENT SOCKET
US5875087A (en) 1996-08-08 1999-02-23 George A. Spencer Circuit breaker with integrated control features
US5702259A (en) 1996-08-12 1997-12-30 Lee; Chiu-Shan Safety socket and plug arrangement
JPH10125411A (en) 1996-10-25 1998-05-15 Hosiden Corp Power source plug with built-in circuit protector
US5877925A (en) 1996-12-17 1999-03-02 General Electric Company Ground fault-rating plug for molded case circuit breakers
CA2224927C (en) 1996-12-18 2006-07-11 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Ground fault circuit interrupter miswiring prevention device
US5847913A (en) 1997-02-21 1998-12-08 Square D Company Trip indicators for circuit protection devices
US5933063A (en) * 1997-07-21 1999-08-03 Rototech Electrical Components, Inc. Ground fault circuit interrupter
US5786971A (en) 1997-07-23 1998-07-28 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Ground fault protection circuit for multiple loads with separate GFCI branches and a common neutral for the GFCI electronics
US5846092A (en) 1997-08-05 1998-12-08 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Plastic cased IC card adapter assembly
US5920451A (en) 1997-09-05 1999-07-06 Carlingswitch, Inc. Earth leakage circuit breaker assembly
US5805397A (en) 1997-09-29 1998-09-08 Eaton Corporation Arcing fault detector with multiple channel sensing and circuit breaker incorporating same
US5902140A (en) 1997-10-01 1999-05-11 Recoton Corporation Child-safe power strip
US6086391A (en) 1998-04-02 2000-07-11 Tzu Ying Ho Safety socket head
US6040967A (en) 1998-08-24 2000-03-21 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Reset lockout for circuit interrupting device
US6246558B1 (en) 1998-08-24 2001-06-12 Leviton Manufacturing Company Circuit interrupting device with reverse wiring protection
US6671145B2 (en) * 2001-03-20 2003-12-30 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Reset lockout mechanism and independent trip mechanism for center latch circuit interrupting device
US7463124B2 (en) 1998-08-24 2008-12-09 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Circuit interrupting device with reverse wiring protection
US6437700B1 (en) * 2000-10-16 2002-08-20 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Ground fault circuit interrupter
US7400477B2 (en) 1998-08-24 2008-07-15 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Method of distribution of a circuit interrupting device with reset lockout and reverse wiring protection
US6282070B1 (en) 1998-08-24 2001-08-28 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Circuit interrupting system with independent trip and reset lockout
US6288882B1 (en) 1998-08-24 2001-09-11 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Circuit breaker with independent trip and reset lockout
US6052265A (en) 1998-11-20 2000-04-18 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Intelligent ground fault circuit interrupter employing miswiring detection and user testing
US6180899B1 (en) * 1999-01-04 2001-01-30 Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. Semi-bifurcated electrical contacts
US5950812A (en) 1999-03-26 1999-09-14 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Rocker switch using a star spring
US6259340B1 (en) 1999-05-10 2001-07-10 General Electric Company Circuit breaker with a dual test button mechanism
US6255923B1 (en) 1999-06-25 2001-07-03 General Electric Company Arc fault circuit breaker
US6111210A (en) 1999-07-30 2000-08-29 Allison; John B. Electrical safety outlet
US6232857B1 (en) 1999-09-16 2001-05-15 General Electric Company Arc fault circuit breaker
US6217353B1 (en) 1999-12-01 2001-04-17 Aurise Inc. Structure of a safety receptacle
US6149446A (en) 1999-12-02 2000-11-21 Yu; Tsung-I Safety structure of a three-hole socket
US6238224B1 (en) 1999-12-02 2001-05-29 Hung-Chiang Shao Safety structure in a socket
US6224401B1 (en) 2000-01-27 2001-05-01 Tsung-I Yu Socket with safety device
US6309248B1 (en) 2000-01-27 2001-10-30 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Modular GFCI receptacle
US6204743B1 (en) 2000-02-29 2001-03-20 General Electric Company Dual connector strap for a rotary contact circuit breaker
US6299487B1 (en) 2000-04-03 2001-10-09 Molex Incorporated Connector with wear-resistant engagement means
US6621388B1 (en) 2000-04-06 2003-09-16 Pass & Seymour, Inc. Lockout mechanism for use with ground and arc fault circuit interrupters
DE10033936A1 (en) 2000-07-05 2002-01-17 Siemens Ag Low-voltage circuit breakers with an arc quenching chamber and with a switching gas damper
CN2439127Y (en) * 2000-09-04 2001-07-11 黄华道 Leakage protection socket
USD462660S1 (en) 2000-09-14 2002-09-10 Yueqing Jiamei Electrical Co., Ltd. Ground fault circuit interrupter
US6590753B1 (en) 2000-11-21 2003-07-08 Pass & Seymour, Inc. Ground fault circuit interrupter with indicator lamp powered from hot bus bar of interrupting contacts
US6807035B1 (en) 2000-11-28 2004-10-19 Hubbell Incorporated Fault interrupter using microcontroller for fault sensing and automatic self-testing
US6422880B1 (en) 2001-03-07 2002-07-23 Shun-Kuo Chiu Safety socket head
US6807036B2 (en) 2001-04-26 2004-10-19 Hubbell Incorporated Digital fault interrupter with self-testing capabilities
US6767228B2 (en) 2001-06-01 2004-07-27 Irwin G. Katz Internal safety cover and method to prevent electrical shock
US6537088B2 (en) 2001-07-17 2003-03-25 Atom Technology Inc. Plug receptacle protection cover containing intermediate flexible element
US6538477B2 (en) * 2001-07-30 2003-03-25 Texas Instruments Incorporated Input buffer for analog-to-digital convertor
US6749449B2 (en) 2001-08-30 2004-06-15 Hubbell Incorporated Safety receptacle with jacketed internal switches
US6642823B2 (en) * 2001-09-21 2003-11-04 Siemens Energy & Automation Contact block assembly and a method of assembling a contact block assembly
US6545574B1 (en) 2001-12-17 2003-04-08 General Electric Company Arc fault circuit breaker
US6788173B2 (en) 2002-05-01 2004-09-07 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Reset lockout and trip for circuit interrupting device
CN2560125Y (en) 2002-08-07 2003-07-09 上海美好电器有限公司 Leakage protection socket
US6850394B2 (en) 2002-08-23 2005-02-01 Cheil Electric Wiring Devices Co. Apparatus and method for determining mis-wiring in a ground fault circuit interrupter
US6949994B2 (en) 2002-12-30 2005-09-27 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. GFCI without bridge contacts and having means for automatically blocking a face opening of a protected receptacle when tripped
US6734769B1 (en) 2002-12-30 2004-05-11 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. GFCI receptacle having blocking means
US7026895B2 (en) 2003-01-23 2006-04-11 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. GFCI receptacle having plug blocking means
US7049911B2 (en) 2003-02-03 2006-05-23 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Circuit interrupting device and system utilizing electromechanical reset
US6963260B2 (en) 2003-02-03 2005-11-08 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. GFCI receptacle having blocking means
US7737809B2 (en) 2003-02-03 2010-06-15 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Circuit interrupting device and system utilizing bridge contact mechanism and reset lockout
US7944331B2 (en) 2003-02-03 2011-05-17 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Circuit interrupting device with reverse wiring protection
CN1224992C (en) 2003-04-11 2005-10-26 温州三蒙科技电气有限公司 Circuit breaker against earthing failure and connection in wrong direction
US6969801B2 (en) 2003-08-21 2005-11-29 Pass & Seymour, Inc. Shuttered receptacle for a protective device
CN100347800C (en) 2003-12-26 2007-11-07 温州三蒙科技电气有限公司 Ground fault interrupter with reset lock and protector
US6958895B1 (en) 2004-02-03 2005-10-25 Pass & Seymour, Inc. Protection device with a contact breaker mechanism
US7289306B2 (en) 2005-02-25 2007-10-30 Huadao Huang Ground fault circuit interrupter containing a dual-function test button
US7295415B2 (en) 2005-02-25 2007-11-13 Huadao Huang Circuits for circuit interrupting devices having automatic end of life testing function
US7315227B2 (en) 2005-02-25 2008-01-01 Huadao Huang Ground fault circuit interrupters providing end of the life test
US7265956B2 (en) 2005-02-25 2007-09-04 Huadao Huang Ground fault circuit interrupter containing a dual-function test button
US7195500B2 (en) 2005-02-25 2007-03-27 Huadao Huang Ground fault circuit interrupter with end of life indicators
US7317600B2 (en) 2005-02-25 2008-01-08 Huadao Huang Circuit interrupting device with automatic end of life test
US7455538B2 (en) 2005-08-31 2008-11-25 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Electrical wiring devices with a protective shutter
US7355117B2 (en) 2005-09-08 2008-04-08 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Tamper-resistant electrical wiring device system
US7651347B2 (en) 2005-10-31 2010-01-26 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Tamper resistant mechanism with circuit interrupter
US7551047B2 (en) 2006-02-10 2009-06-23 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Tamper resistant ground fault circuit interrupter receptacle having dual function shutters

Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5185687A (en) * 1991-03-28 1993-02-09 Eaton Corporation Chaos sensing arc detection
US5363269A (en) * 1993-02-22 1994-11-08 Hubbell Incorporated GFCI receptacle

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US7907371B2 (en) 1998-08-24 2011-03-15 Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc. Circuit interrupting device with reset lockout and reverse wiring protection and method of manufacture
US8054595B2 (en) 1998-08-24 2011-11-08 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Circuit interrupting device with reset lockout
US8130480B2 (en) 1998-08-24 2012-03-06 Leviton Manufactuing Co., Inc. Circuit interrupting device with reset lockout
US7737809B2 (en) 2003-02-03 2010-06-15 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Circuit interrupting device and system utilizing bridge contact mechanism and reset lockout

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
CA2515035A1 (en) 2004-08-19
US7737809B2 (en) 2010-06-15
US20040223272A1 (en) 2004-11-11
WO2004070751A2 (en) 2004-08-19
CA2515035C (en) 2013-11-26
MXPA05008274A (en) 2005-10-18

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
WO2004070751A3 (en) Circuit interrupting device and system utilizing bridge contact mechanism and reset lockout
WO2004070752A3 (en) Circuit interrupting device and system utilizing electromechanical reset
CA2428361A1 (en) Gfci that cannot be reset until wired correctly on line side and power is applied
US6864769B2 (en) Lockout mechanism for residual current devices
WO2005099393A3 (en) Circuit interrupting device with a single test-reset button
DE602005000540D1 (en) Safety device against overvoltages
WO2007056668A3 (en) Circuit interrupting device with reverse wiring protection
WO2003073454A3 (en) Circuit breaker lockout
WO2006007608A3 (en) Circuit breaker
WO2001015183A3 (en) Circuit breaker with independent trip and reset lockout
EP1077452A3 (en) Circuit protection device
AU2002301798A1 (en) Circuit breaker for detecting an excessive voltage and tripping responsive thereto
SG102697A1 (en) Circuit breaker for detecting an excessive voltage and tripping responsive thereto
CA2397877A1 (en) Gfci with reverse line/load wiring prevention
WO2004070753A3 (en) Circuit interrupting device with single throw, double mode button for test-reset function
DE59803643D1 (en) FAULT CURRENT PROTECTION DEVICE
CA2425810A1 (en) Circuit interrupting device
WO2004068518A3 (en) Circuit interrupting device with reset lockout and user load test to reset activation
DK1685578T3 (en) Switch protection device which includes a fuse
DE50207061D1 (en) Narrow three-pole fuse switch disconnector
EP1610464A3 (en) Protection circuit and method for protecting a switch from a fault
EP1113476A3 (en) Electronic trip unit with a rating plug for circuit breakers, which has a switchable motor and line protection function
WO2002058218A3 (en) Three terminal noninverting transistor switch
FR2839196B1 (en) CONTACT ARRANGEMENT FOR CURRENT LIMITER SAFETY CIRCUIT BREAKER
WO2005069461A3 (en) Safety device, in particular for ensuring protection of a loom of cables

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
AK Designated states

Kind code of ref document: A2

Designated state(s): AE AG AL AM AT AU AZ BA BB BG BR BW BY BZ CA CH CN CO CR CU CZ DE DK DM DZ EC EE EG ES FI GB GD GE GH GM HR HU ID IL IN IS JP KE KG KP KR KZ LC LK LR LS LT LU LV MA MD MG MK MN MW MX MZ NA NI NO NZ OM PG PH PL PT RO RU SC SD SE SG SK SL SY TJ TM TN TR TT TZ UA UG US UZ VC VN YU ZA ZM ZW

AL Designated countries for regional patents

Kind code of ref document: A2

Designated state(s): BW GH GM KE LS MW MZ SD SL SZ TZ UG ZM ZW AM AZ BY KG KZ MD RU TJ TM AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR BF BJ CF CG CI CM GA GN GQ GW ML MR NE SN TD TG

121 Ep: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application
WWE Wipo information: entry into national phase

Ref document number: PA/a/2005/008274

Country of ref document: MX

Ref document number: 2515035

Country of ref document: CA

WWE Wipo information: entry into national phase

Ref document number: 20048066770

Country of ref document: CN

122 Ep: pct application non-entry in european phase
DPEN Request for preliminary examination filed prior to expiration of 19th month from priority date (pct application filed from 20040101)