Patents by Inventor Ali F. Imece

Ali F. Imece 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).

  • Patent number: 6249230
    Abstract: A ground fault location system is used in a multi-phase ungrounded or high-impedance grounded power network. A signal generator is coupled to the network at a first location and generates for each network phase an individual non-DC voltage signal between such phase and ground. A ground fault detector is coupled to the network at a second location and has a summing device and an annunciator. The summing device is coupled to all of the phases of the network at such second location, sums any current passing therethrough, and produces a sum signal. The annunciator receives the sum signal and provides an indication when such signal is non-zero. Each phase of the network at the second location has a distribution current passing therethrough, the sum thereof normally being substantially zero and resulting in a substantially zero sum signal and the lack of an indication from the annunciator based on such distribution currents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: ABB Power T&D Company Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas L. Baldwin, Damir Novosel, Ali F. Imece