Patents by Inventor Peter Rinaldi

Peter Rinaldi 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).

  • Circuit breaker arrangement with integrated protection, control and monitoring
    Patent number: 6295190
    Abstract: A PCM module arrangement includes a three phase circuit breaker and PCM electronics unit. Each phase of the circuit breaker has a Rogowski coil at the line side and load side contacts in a vacuum bottle and another zero sequence current sensor encloses the load side conductors of the circuit breaker to provide a zero sequence current signal. A PCM electronics unit is provided with phase current measurement signals from the Rogowski coils. The PCM electronics unit provides a direct interface for various signals including a signal from a supervisory control and data acquisition system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Electric Boat Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Rinaldi, Matthew L. Kasson