Patent ID: 11862408
Assignee: ARC SUPPRESSION TECHNOLOGIES
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An electrical circuit, comprising:
a contact with a pair of switchable electrodes, the contact configured to cycle through make and break transitions while conducting current;
an arc suppressor operatively coupled across the pair of switchable electrodes and configured to extinguish an arc formed across the pair of switchable electrodes during the make and break transitions of the contact;
at least one sensor coupled to the pair of switchable electrodes, the at least one sensor configured to generate sensor data; and
a controller circuit operatively coupled to the at least one sensor, the arc suppressor, and the pair of switchable electrodes, the controller circuit comprising a plurality of registers and configured to:
detect a fault condition associated with the contact based on the sensor data; and
sequence contact opening of the contact based on the detected fault condition and a timing value associated with the fault condition and stored in at least one register of the plurality of registers,
wherein when the fault condition is based on a presence of a fault arc between the pair of switchable electrodes, the at least one register comprises a fault arc parameter register storing at least one parameter associated with the fault arc.