Patents Assigned to Vanguard Instruments Company, Inc.
  • Dual ground breaker testing system
    Patent number: 9551752
    Abstract: A system for testing substation circuit breakers while the circuit breakers are grounded on both sides using a ground clamp probe electrically connected to one side of the circuit breaker contacts, where the ground clamp probe provides a means of interfacing standard test equipment to the circuit breaker without removing either safety ground, and analyzing the circuit breaker and outputting the results to a technician on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Vanguard Instruments Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Krekeler, Marcio Linhares
  • DUAL GROUND BREAKER TESTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150198667
    Abstract: A system for testing substation circuit breakers while the circuit breakers are grounded on both sides using a ground clamp probe electrically connected to one side of the circuit breaker contacts, where the ground clamp probe provides a means of interfacing standard test equipment to the circuit breaker without removing either safety ground, and analyzing the circuit breaker and outputting the results to a technician on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Vanguard Instruments Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Krekeler, Marcio Linhares