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US3414772A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Differential relay with restraining means responsive to transformer bank voltage

Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp
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Filing: 1966-06-29
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Granted: 1968-12-03
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Expires: 1986-06-29
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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 2026-10-26 19:29
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02H; H02H7/00; H02H7/04; H02H7/045

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 206 words
IN A PROTECTING DEVICE, A SWITCHING APPARATUS COMPRISING OPERATE AND RESTRAINT ENERGIZABLE CONTROL ELEMENTS AND CIRCUIT CONTROLLING MEANS ACTUATED BY SAID ELEMENTS TO A FIRST CONDITION IN RESPONSE TO RATIOS OF ENERGIZATION OF SAID OPERATE ELEMENT TO THE ENERGIZATION OF SAID RESTRAINT ELEMENT BELOW A CRITICAL MAGNITUDE AND TO A SECOND CONDITION IN RESPONSE TO THE RATIOS OF SAID ENERGIZATION ABOVE SAID CRITICAL MAGNITUDE, FIRST AND SECOND PAIRS OF INPUT TERMINALS, A NETWORK CONNECTED TO BOTH OF SAID PAIRS OF TERMINALS AND INCLUDING A PAIR OF OUTPUT TERMINALS ENERGIZED WITH A FIRST ELECTRICAL QUANTITY HAVING A MAGNITUDE WHICH IS A FUNCTION OF THE DIFFERENCE IN MAGNITUDE OF A PAIR OF ELECTRICAL INPUT QUANTITIES SUPPLIED TO SAID PAIRS OF INPUT TERMINALS, A FIRST CIRCUIT CONNECTING SAID OPERATE ELEMENT TO SAID OUTPUT TERMINALS FOR ENERGIZING SAID OPERATE ELEMENT AS A FUNCTION OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SAID FIRST ELECTRICAL QUANTITY, A THIRD PAIR OF INPUT TERMINALS, AND A SECOND CIRCUIT CONNECTING SAID RESTRAINT ELEMENT TO SAID THIRD PAIR OF INPUT TERMINALS FOR ENERGIZING SAID RESTRAINT ELEMENT BY A CONTROL ELECTRICAL QUANTITY SUPPLIED TO SAID THIRD PAIR OF INPUT TERMINALS, SAID SECOND CIRCUIT INCLUDING A MAGITUDE SENSING DEVICE, SAID MAGNITUDE SENSING DEVICE BEING EFFECTIVE TO PREVENT ENERGIZATION OF SAID
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 206 words
IN A PROTECTING DEVICE, A SWITCHING APPARATUS COMPRISING OPERATE AND RESTRAINT ENERGIZABLE CONTROL ELEMENTS AND CIRCUIT CONTROLLING MEANS ACTUATED BY SAID ELEMENTS TO A FIRST CONDITION IN RESPONSE TO RATIOS OF ENERGIZATION OF SAID OPERATE ELEMENT TO THE ENERGIZATION OF SAID RESTRAINT ELEMENT BELOW A CRITICAL MAGNITUDE AND TO A SECOND CONDITION IN RESPONSE TO THE RATIOS OF SAID ENERGIZATION ABOVE SAID CRITICAL MAGNITUDE, FIRST AND SECOND PAIRS OF INPUT TERMINALS, A NETWORK CONNECTED TO BOTH OF SAID PAIRS OF TERMINALS AND INCLUDING A PAIR OF OUTPUT TERMINALS ENERGIZED WITH A FIRST ELECTRICAL QUANTITY HAVING A MAGNITUDE WHICH IS A FUNCTION OF THE DIFFERENCE IN MAGNITUDE OF A PAIR OF ELECTRICAL INPUT QUANTITIES SUPPLIED TO SAID PAIRS OF INPUT TERMINALS, A FIRST CIRCUIT CONNECTING SAID OPERATE ELEMENT TO SAID OUTPUT TERMINALS FOR ENERGIZING SAID OPERATE ELEMENT AS A FUNCTION OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SAID FIRST ELECTRICAL QUANTITY, A THIRD PAIR OF INPUT TERMINALS, AND A SECOND CIRCUIT CONNECTING SAID RESTRAINT ELEMENT TO SAID THIRD PAIR OF INPUT TERMINALS FOR ENERGIZING SAID RESTRAINT ELEMENT BY A CONTROL ELECTRICAL QUANTITY SUPPLIED TO SAID THIRD PAIR OF INPUT TERMINALS, SAID SECOND CIRCUIT INCLUDING A MAGITUDE SENSING DEVICE, SAID MAGNITUDE SENSING DEVICE BEING EFFECTIVE TO PREVENT ENERGIZATION OF SAID

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