Patent ID: 11916370
Assignee: LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A circuit interrupter device for selectively connecting a source of AC power from a line side to a load side of the circuit interrupter device, the circuit interrupter device comprising:
a controller, powered by the source of AC power from the line side, configured to:
initialize a self-test;
determine whether the self-test was successful;
output a self-test result signal based on whether the self-test was successful; and

an electrically-held relay having an ON state and an OFF state, the electrically-held relay being in electrical communication with the controller and configured to:
remain in the OFF state until the self-test result signal indicates the self-test was successful; and
transition to the ON state if the self-test result signal indicates the self-test was successful,
wherein when in the OFF state, the load side of the circuit interrupter device is not in electrical communication with the source of AC power, and when in the ON state, the load side of the circuit interrupter device is in electrical communication with the source of AC power.