Patents Assigned to Challenge Technologies, Inc.
  • Patent number: 5452173
    Abstract: A circuit protection device for use with an electrical unit comprises driver circuitry connected to the electrical unit and connecting means electrically connecting the device to the electrical unit to provide a voltage signal indicative of a voltage associated with the electrical unit. A voltage detector is connected to the connecting means and receives the voltage signal, and provides a conditioned voltage signal output representative of the voltage signal. An analog-to-digital converter receives the conditioned voltage signal output and converts the conditioned voltage signal output to a digital value. A digital processing device receives the digital value from the analog-to-digital converter and provides an output signal to the driver circuitry to turn off power to the primary if an error is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Assignee: Challenge Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: C. Tom Brannon, Geoffrey Eastham