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Article: Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Circuit Interrupter ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 8, 2006 ;     531 words ... ... have developed a support structure for a circuit interrupter latch and a circuit breaker employing the same. According to the U ... Trademark Office: "A support structure for a circuit interrupter latch member includes a first side plate ...

Article: On the level: Ground fault circuit interrupter ...
Capital (Annapolis);  December 6, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... environment. GFCI is the acronym for "ground fault circuit interrupter" which is a lifesaving electrical device that can be incorporated into an electrical outlet or a circuit breaker in a panel box that continuously monitors the current ...

Article: Wisconsin, Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Arc Fault ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 11, 2007 ;     531 words ... ... an an arc fault circuit interrupter test apparatus ... tests an arc fault circuit breaker with an arc fault ... of an arc fault circuit interrupter. A second electrical ... of the arc fault circuit breaker." The inventors ...

Article: Understanding GFCIs.(Plant Electronics)(ground fault ...
Plant Engineering;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... safety is the ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI). [ILLUSTRATION ... shall have ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) protection for personnel ... 5 mA) to trip a normal circuit breaker (20 A). Inside a GFCI ...

Article: Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Arc Fault Circuit ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 9, 2007 ;     531 words ... ... and Thomas E. Natili of Butler, Pa., have developed a circuit interrupter that includes arc fault test and/or ground fault test ... According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit breaker includes a test circuit having one or two indicators ...

Article: Chinese Inventors Develop Permanent-Magnet Ground Fault ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 3, 2007 ;     567 words ... ... China, have developed a permanent-magnet ground fault circuit interrupter plug with self-diagnosing function with an enclosure ... terminal of the power source from a load side across a circuit breaker." The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. 7,170 ...

Article: Cutler-Hammer Introduces Fire-Guard(TM) Arc-Fault Circuit ...
PR Newswire;  October 6, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... introduction of Fire-Guard(TM), the first arc-fault circuit interrupter (AFCI), a device that recognizes and mitigates dangerous ... GUARD AFCI represents the next generation of enhanced circuit breaker protection." The 1999 National Electric Code states that ...