Patent ID: 6768322
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
Device for measuring an electrical current that flows through a strip conductor which defines a plane, with an essentially current-less measuring conductor extending in the flow direction of the current, along and in the proximity of a rectilinear measuring section of the strip conductor, one end of the measuring conductor being electrically connected with one end of the measuring section, the other end of the measuring section being provided with a first measuring point, and with a second measuring point being electrically connected with the other end of the measuring section, the second measuring point being connected directly with the measuring section, so that as measure of the current to be measured, a voltage is taken from the measuring points, the measuring conductor being arranged outside said plane of the strip conductor, the conductor being electrically connected to the strip conductor by an electrical connection, the device further comprising an insulating material which provides an electrical insulation between a major portion of the measuring conductor and the strip conductor.