Patents by Inventor Scott A. Wenke

Scott A. Wenke 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).

  • Electric power system protection device with active and testing configurations
    Patent number: 11128116
    Abstract: Systems for testing a protective arrangement for an electric power delivery system without disconnecting merging units from a protective device are disclosed herein. For example, an intelligent electronic device (IED) may receive, via a monitoring port, one or more operating measurements of an electrical characteristic of the power delivery system while in an operating mode. The IED may change from operating in the operating mode to operating in a test mode. In the test mode, the IED may receive, via a test port, one or more test measurements that represent measurements of the electrical characteristic. The IED may provide test results based at least in part on the one or more test measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Wenke, Christopher John Burger, David Blevins
  • ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM PROTECTION DEVICE WITH ACTIVE AND TESTING CONFIGURATIONS
    Publication number: 20200112160
    Abstract: Systems for testing a protective arrangement for an electric power delivery system without disconnecting merging units from a protective device are disclosed herein. For example, an intelligent electronic device (IED) may receive, via a monitoring port, one or more operating measurements of an electrical characteristic of the power delivery system while in an operating mode. The IED may change from operating in the operating mode to operating in a test mode. In the test mode, the IED may receive, via a test port, one or more test measurements that represent measurements of the electrical characteristic. The IED may provide test results based at least in part on the one or more test measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Wenke, Christopher John Burger, David Blevins