Patent ID: 8405404
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: B60L,B61F,G01R

Abstract:
1. An assembly for detecting electric discontinuity between an electric contact and an electrically conducting member, the assembly comprising: two distinct electric contacts being contact and connected by the electrically conducting member, an exciter ( the variable impedance portion comprises, in a normal contact situation, a first resistive and self-inductive branch formed of the conducting member and at least one second resistive and self-inductive branch connected in parallel and formed of a constructive electric connection joining the two electric contacts; the first resistive and self-inductive branch being placed off-line when at least one of the two electric contacts opens; and an electronic processing module for receiving an oscillation frequency of the resonating circuit and converting the oscillation frequency into a fault signal that is used if there is an electric discontinuity.