IP Library Granted Patent US 7,696,892
Granted Patent B2
US 7,696,892 · App. 11/723,885 · Granted Apr 13, 2010

Protection device for an oscillating power circuit

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Patent No.
US 7,696,892
App. No.
11/723,885
Granted
Apr 13, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A protection device for an oscillating power circuit, namely for a demining coil, such device incorporating circuit breaking means positioned between an alternating current supply network and the power circuit, such device wherein it comprises at least one means to measure and analyze the current supplying the power circuit, means able to detect the appearance of a direct current and connected to triggering means ensuring the opening of the circuit breaking means when the alternating current ceases.

Claims (6)

1. A protection device for an oscillating power circuit, namely for a demining coil, such device incorporating a circuit breaking means positioned between an alternating current supply network and the power circuit, wherein the protection device comprises at least one means to measure and analyze a current supplying to the power circuit, means able to detect an appearance of a direct current and connected to a triggering means ensuring an opening of the circuit breaking means when an alternating current ceases.

2. A protection device according to claim 1 , wherein the means to measure and analyze the current comprise a logic module incorporating a retriggerable monostable component module incorporating a retriggerable monostable component whose tripping is controlled periodically by a variation in the current from the supply network, the component which suspension of tripping controls the appearance of an error signal used by the triggering means to cause the opening of the circuit breaking means.

3. A protection device according to claim 2 , wherein the measurement and analysis means incorporate a measurement module ensuring an estimation of a value of the current from the supply network, the measurement module incorporating a comparator means ensuring a comparison of the value of the current with a predetermined threshold, a result of this comparison being used by the triggering means to cause the opening of the circuit breaking means.

4. A protection device according to claim 1 , wherein the triggering means are also connected to a display means enabling a state of the circuit breaking means to be displayed.

5. A protection device according to claim 3 , wherein the triggering means are also connected to a display means enabling a state of the circuit breaking means to be displayed.

6. Application of the protection device according to claim 1 to protection of a demining coil.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 13, 2024
From: NEXTER SYSTEMS
To: KNDS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 067384/0976 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2007
From: HUET, GUILLAUME; ORQUERA, FRANCOIS
To: NEXTER SYSTEMS
Reel/Frame 019169/0695 →