Patents by Inventor Patrick Thomas Tobin

Patrick Thomas Tobin 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).

  • Fault detection apparatus and method of detecting faults in an electrical distribution network
    Patent number: 6718271
    Abstract: A fault detection apparatus for use in an electrical distribution network to distinguish normal network operations from various network faults. Pre-event and post-vent signal patterns are compared and analyzed to produce an event characteristic which distinguishes the faulted feeder and the faulted phase. The characteristic also allows for discrimination between the various events and controls network response accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Electricity Supply Board
    Inventor: Patrick Thomas Tobin