ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,015, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Phillips & Temro Industries Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).
"Arc flash protection systems and methods" was invented by Steven W. Tonkin (Eden Prairie, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arc flash protection system includes: an arc flash detection module electrically connected directly to a cord coupled to an electrical load and electrically connected to a ground fault circuit interrupt (GFCI) outlet, the arc flash detection module configured to: measure at least one of voltage and current of the cord; and based on the at least one of the voltage and the current of the cord, determine and indic...