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

Claim 15:
16. A method, comprising:
coupling a contact with a pair of switchable electrodes of a contact sequencer circuit, the contact configured to cycle through a make state and a break state while conducting current;
coupling an arc suppressor across the pair of switchable electrodes;
coupling at least one sensor coupled to the pair of switchable electrodes, the at least one sensor configured to generate sensor data;
coupling a controller circuit to the arc suppressor and the at least one sensor, the controller circuit configured to detect a fault condition based on the sensor data; and
sequencing 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 a plurality of registers of the controller circuit, 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.