Global Patent Index - EP 1243012 B1

EP 1243012 B1 20040102 - GROUND FAULT CIRCUIT BREAKER

Title (en)

GROUND FAULT CIRCUIT BREAKER

Title (de)

FEHLERSTROMSCHUTZSCHALTER

Title (fr)

COUPE-CIRCUIT POUR MISE A LA MASSE DEFECTUEUSE

Publication

EP 1243012 B1 20040102 (EN)

Application

EP 00977536 A 20001103

Priority

  • EP 0011231 W 20001103
  • IT MI992609 A 19991216

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0145128A1] A device for interrupting and protecting a load supply circuit against ground faults, comprising: an interruption unit which has input terminals for connection to a load supply circuit, and at least one fixed contact and one moving contact which are operatively connected to actuation means for opening/closing the power supply circuit; a residual-current protection unit, operatively associated with the interruption unit and comprising a current sensor which is suitable to detect the presence of a residual current, and a control unit which is operatively associated with the sensor and with the actuation means and is suitable to check whether the detected residual current is higher than a preset limit and to cause, in this case, the intervention of the actuation means; the particularity of which resides in the fact that load supply conductors are directly connected to output terminals of the interruption unit and that the current sensor is arranged directly on the conductors.

IPC 1-7

H01H 83/14

IPC 8 full level

H01H 83/14 (2006.01); H01H 71/08 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H01H 83/144 (2013.01); H01H 71/08 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0145128 A1 20010621; AT E257275 T1 20040115; AU 1521301 A 20010625; DE 60007557 D1 20040205; DE 60007557 T2 20041216; EP 1243012 A1 20020925; EP 1243012 B1 20040102; ES 2213630 T3 20040901; IT 1313953 B1 20020926; IT MI992609 A0 19991216; IT MI992609 A1 20010616

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 0011231 W 20001103; AT 00977536 T 20001103; AU 1521301 A 20001103; DE 60007557 T 20001103; EP 00977536 A 20001103; ES 00977536 T 20001103; IT MI992609 A 19991216