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US3327170A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Broken conductor sensing device

Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp
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Filing: 1963-10-21
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Granted: 1967-06-20
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Expires: 1983-10-21
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 William K Sonnemann

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 15:13
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02H; H02H3/00; H02H3/50; H02H3/52; H02H5/00; H02H5/10

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 155 words
A RELAYING SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRICAL NETWORK COMPRISING A PAIR OF TERMINALS ADAPTED TO BE ENERGIZED AS A FUNCTION OF THE FREQUENCY COMPONENTS OF THE CURRENT IN SAID NETWORK, A FIRST TIMING NETWORK HAVING AN INPUT CIRCUIT AND AN OUTPUT CIRCUIT AND MEANS FOR ACTUATING ITS SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT SOLELY AFTER ITS SAID INPUT CIRCUIT HAS BEEN ACTUATED FOR A PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVAL, A FILTER NETWORK INTERCONNECTING SAID TERMINALS AND SAID INPUT CIRCUIT, SAID FILTER NETWORK BEING EFFECTIVE TO PASS SOLELY CURRENT OF A NARROW FREQUENCY BAND, DISABLING MEANS FOR RENDERING SAID TIMING NETWORK INEFFECTIVE TO TIME OUT ITS SAID TIME INTERVAL, A SECOND TIMING NETWORK CONNECTED TO SAID DISABLING MEANS AND BEING EFFECTIVE TO DISABLE SAID FIRST TIMING NETWORK TO PREVENT THE TIMING OUT OF SAID FIRST TIMING NETWORK AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE ENERGIZATION OF SAID TERMINALS WITH A CURRENT IN SAID FREQUENCY BAND UNTIL THE TIMING OUT OF SAID SECOND TIMING NETWORK.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 155 words
A RELAYING SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRICAL NETWORK COMPRISING A PAIR OF TERMINALS ADAPTED TO BE ENERGIZED AS A FUNCTION OF THE FREQUENCY COMPONENTS OF THE CURRENT IN SAID NETWORK, A FIRST TIMING NETWORK HAVING AN INPUT CIRCUIT AND AN OUTPUT CIRCUIT AND MEANS FOR ACTUATING ITS SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT SOLELY AFTER ITS SAID INPUT CIRCUIT HAS BEEN ACTUATED FOR A PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVAL, A FILTER NETWORK INTERCONNECTING SAID TERMINALS AND SAID INPUT CIRCUIT, SAID FILTER NETWORK BEING EFFECTIVE TO PASS SOLELY CURRENT OF A NARROW FREQUENCY BAND, DISABLING MEANS FOR RENDERING SAID TIMING NETWORK INEFFECTIVE TO TIME OUT ITS SAID TIME INTERVAL, A SECOND TIMING NETWORK CONNECTED TO SAID DISABLING MEANS AND BEING EFFECTIVE TO DISABLE SAID FIRST TIMING NETWORK TO PREVENT THE TIMING OUT OF SAID FIRST TIMING NETWORK AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE ENERGIZATION OF SAID TERMINALS WITH A CURRENT IN SAID FREQUENCY BAND UNTIL THE TIMING OUT OF SAID SECOND TIMING NETWORK.

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