Relay checking device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5134375
SERIAL NO

07674905

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A relay device having a relay element mounted on a circuit board, the relay element having a pair of contacts which are closed and electrically conducted by a control signal of a first level and opened by the control signal of a second level to form a contact gap; an LED for emitting light toward the contact gap; a phototransistor for receiving light from the LED, the phototransistor not receiving the light while the pair of contacts are closed, and receiving the light passing through the contact gap while the pair of contacts are opened; and a checker circuit for checking if the relay device operates normally or abnormally in accordance with the relationship between an output from the phototransistor and the level of the control signal.

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  • KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fuchi, Tatsuo Oita, JP 1 9

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