ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,248,032, issued on March 11, was assigned to Schneider Electric USA Inc. (Boston).
"Fault managed power systems" was invented by John J. Shea (Wake Forest, N.C.) and Pawan Kumar Modi (Apex, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fault managed power system (FMPS) and method monitors and detects fault currents in PoE, PFC, and other cables that indicate likely human contact with cable conductors. The level of current detected through the human body combined with a fast response time limits the energy to prevent a person from experiencing ventricular fibrillation, resulting in a so-called touch-safe level. For overload and short-circuit fau...