Communication interface apparatus for an electrical distribution panel, and system and electrical distribution panel including the same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8004418
APP PUB NO 20100060469A1
SERIAL NO

12265083

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A system includes a number of electrical switching apparatus having separable contacts, an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts, a trip mechanism cooperating with the operating mechanism to trip open the separable contacts, a test circuit structured to test the trip mechanism and determine a failure to protect condition thereof, and a communication circuit structured to communicate the failure to protect condition. The system also includes an electrical distribution panel having a housing housing the number of electrical switching apparatus, and a communication interface structured to receive the failure to protect condition from the communication circuit and annunciate the failure to protect condition.

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EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED30 PEMBROKE ROAD DUBLIN 4

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Elms, Robert T Monroeville, US 81 2362
Hetzmannseder, Engelbert Glendale, US 24 291
Murphy, William J Cranberry Township, US 170 2504

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