Patents by Inventor Michael Gerard Pintar

Michael Gerard Pintar has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method of locating ground fault in electrical power distribution system
    Patent number: 7180300
    Abstract: A method for locating a ground fault in an electrical power distribution system includes providing a plurality of current sensors at a plurality of locations in the electrical power distribution system. The method further includes detecting a ground fault in the electrical power distribution system. Current is monitored at a plurality of locations in the electrical power distribution system via the current sensors and a test signal is introduced into the electrical power distribution system via a test signal generating device. The plurality of locations are monitored to locate the ground fault between a location at which the test signal is detected and a downstream location at which the test signal is not detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William James Premerlani, Rui Zhou, Yan Liu, Thomas Federick Papallo, Jr., Gregory Paul Lavoie, Marcelo Esteban Valdes, Michael Gerard Pintar