EP 1766745 A4 20101020 - CURRENT PROTECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD

Title (en)

CURRENT PROTECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD

Title (de)

STROMSCHUTZVORRICHTUNG UND -VERFAHREN

Title (fr)

APPAREIL ET PROCEDE DE PROTECTION DE COURANT

Publication

EP 1766745 A4 20101020 (EN)

Application

EP 05758587 A 20050613

Priority

US 2005020842 W 20050613
US 87085304 A 20040616
US 87062104 A 20040616

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2006009672A1] A current protection apparatus (200) and current protection method (1000) that may include programmable current protection characteristics has been disclosed. A current protection apparatus (200) may include a power distribution unit (230) with power distribution outlets (PDO-1 to PDO-8), each having a corresponding circuit breaker unit (CB1 to CB8). Each circuit breaker unit (CB1 to CB8) may operate in response to a processing unit (236) that can sample current values flowing between a respective power distribution outlet (PDO-1 to PDO-8) and a load device (LD1 to LD8). Processing unit (236) may operate under control of software stored on a memory (238) to control a switching circuit (320). Current protection characteristics for each circuit breaker unit may be independently programmed and/or altered by a user, for example by way of a computer (250). In this way, each power distribution outlet (PDO-1 to PDO8) may have current rating characteristics independently provided for a particular load device (LD1 to LD8).

IPC 8 full level

H02H 3/00 (2006.01); H01H 35/00 (2006.01); H01H 47/00 (2006.01); H02H 7/00 (2006.01); H02H 9/02 (2006.01); H02J 1/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR)

H02H 3/006 (2013.01 - EP); H02H 3/08 (2013.01 - KR); H02H 3/0935 (2013.01 - EP); H02H 9/02 (2013.01 - KR); H01H 2071/006 (2013.01 - EP); H01H 2300/03 (2013.01 - EP); Y02B 90/20 (2013.01 - EP); Y04S 20/14 (2013.01 - EP)

Citation (search report)

[XI] FR 2688951 A1 19930924 - MERLIN GERIN [FR]
[X] FR 2538177 A1 19840622 - MERLIN GERIN [FR]
[X] US 2004070275 A1 20040415 - NIV NEHEMIA [IL]
See references of WO 2006009672A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2006009672 A1 20060126; CA 2570466 A1 20060126; EP 1766745 A1 20070328; EP 1766745 A4 20101020; KR 20070034058 A 20070327; TW 200605464 A 20060201

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2005020842 W 20050613; CA 2570466 A 20050613; EP 05758587 A 20050613; KR 20077000955 A 20070115; TW 94116800 A 20050523