Hubbell Limited

Litton Systems, Inc.

Winchester Electronics Corporation

Kenny Padro

Gaetano Bonasia

David Ridgeway

Robert D Godburn, Jr

Nelson Bonilla

John Edward Brower

Jason Walker

John E Benham

Michael Esposito

Thomas James Batko

Stephen Paul Simonin

David M Peck

Michael Arthur Salvietti

Athanasios Diakomis

Matthew J Lawson

Tom Batko

Thomas Louis Scanzillo

Matthew J Samojeden

Ryan G Papageorge

Scott Wurms

Jian Hua Li

David Lutz

Eric Larsen

William R Keller

Michael Nagy

Antonio Di Vita

Mark Viklund

Robert D Godburn

A device may include a housing including a face plate. A device may include a plurality of sensing cores each configured to receive a current flow through a center cavity, the current flow defining a current flow direction through the center cavity, wherein the current flow direction is parallel to the face plate.

Shallow electrical protection device (GFCI, AFCI, and AFCI/GFCI) system and method

An electrical outlet receptacle including a circuit board defining a first plane and a solenoid having a central axis perpendicular to the first plane. The electrical outlet receptacle further including a reset plunger with a portion extending through the first end of the solenoid and axially movable therein, and an armature movable axially along the portion of the reset plunger extending through the solenoid. Wherein the armature includes a slanted projection configured to contact a cam surface of a slide mechanism and provide the downward force on the cam surface.

A connector for use with a GFCI receptacle is provided. The connector includes a body, a latch configured to couple the body to the GFCI receptacle, a first blade supported by and extending from the body, a second blade supported by and extending from the body, wherein when the body is coupled to the GFCI receptacle, the first blade is received by a first mating terminal of the GFCI receptacle and the second blade is received by a second mating terminal of the GFCI receptacle to electrically couple the receptacle to a downstream device.

Ground fault circuit interrupters and connectors for use with same

An electrical outlet receptacle including a circuit board, a set of fixed contacts and a set of movable contacts, a solenoid, a carriage, a lifting shelf, a slide mechanism, a reset plunger, and an armature.

A portable device charging unit includes a battery, a base supporting the battery and including an inductive charging surface, and at least one retainer for selectively securing an electronic device in engagement against the inductive charging surface. In addition, a system may be provided for storing and dispensing one or more device charging units.

Device charging system

A resettable switching apparatus, useful in a GFCI receptacle, has a housing with a face plate and at least one sense transformer core positioned to define a current flow direction through a center cavity that is parallel to the face plate. The GFCI receptacle further includes a space-efficient coaxial configuration in which a mechanical latching arrangement for resetting (i.e., closing) main switch contacts is disposed inside the trip solenoid. A movable carriage for the main contacts spans one end of the solenoid and has a latching portion in the solenoid that engages the inner end of a reset plunger in two sequential states (i.e., unlatched and latched). The mechanical latching arrangement comprises a cam surface coupled to a lifting plate, which is connected to the carriage of the GFCI receptacle. The cam surface is responsible for translating a downward movement to a translational movement to engage the carriage to the rest plunger.

Electric vehicle charger

Electric vehicle charging station

A resettable switching apparatus, useful in a GFCI receptacle, has an auto-monitoring circuit for automatically testing various functions and structures of the device. The auto-monitoring circuit initiates an auto-monitoring routine which, among other things, establishes a test fault situation on either the positive or negative half-wave of the power cycle and determines whether the detection mechanisms within the device appropriately detect the test fault and whether the device would trip in the event of an actual fault. Additional functionality of the auto-monitoring circuit permits automatic verification that the device is properly wired, that is, not miswired, and determines whether the device has reached the end of its useful life.

Enhanced auto-monitoring circuit and method for an electrical device

A GFCI includes a latch assembly provided with a rigid electrically conducting bar connected thereto such that when a user presses a reset button the latch assembly is moved toward a pair of contacts provided as part of a reset circuit to initiate a reset operation. When the electrically conducting bar on the latch assembly connects the pair of contacts, the reset circuit is closed and an actuator is activated to place the GFCI device in the latched, reset, condition. If the GFCI device is correctly wired, the latch assembly enters the latched state. If the device is not properly wired no power is provided to the actuator and the device remains in the tripped, or open, state.

Reinstallable circuit interrupting device with vibration resistant miswire protection

An electrical wiring device, such as a GFCI duplex receptacle, includes a light source for lighting a selected area and a photo sensor to detect ambient light conditions and to actuate a light source when the ambient light conditions are below a predetermined level. The light source is preferably at least two LEDs having an associated light conducting member functioning as a light pipe that extends between the respective LED and the front face of the electrical wiring device. Each light conducting member has an inclined face extending through an opening in the cover of the wiring device to project a light beam at an inclined angle with respect to the front face of the wiring device. The light conducting members are independently rotatably mounted in the wiring device so that the user can manually rotated the light conducting member to direct the light beam to a selected area.

Lighted electrical device and receptacle

A GFCI device includes a latch assembly provided with a rigid electrically conducting bar connected thereto such that when a user presses a reset button the latch assembly is moved toward a pair of contacts provided as part of a reset circuit to initiate a reset operation. When the electrically conducting bar on the latch assembly connects the pair of contacts, the reset circuit is closed and an actuator is activated to place the GFCI device in the latched, reset, condition. If the GFCI device is correctly wired, the latch assembly enters the latched state. If the device is not properly wired no power is provided to the actuator and the device remains in the tripped, or open, state.

A rocker contact switch for a GFCI device includes a base and first and second legs extending from the base. When the base is moved, the second leg rotates to contact a conductive member to put the GFCI device in an end of life condition. The first leg is substantially prevented from moving in response to movement of the base. A test button of the GFCI device is pushed a first distance to complete a first circuit that trips the GFCI device. The test button is pushed a second distance, which moves the base of the rocker contact switch, to complete a second circuit that puts the GFCI device in an end of life condition by moving the rocker switch base.

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Hamden, CT, United States of America

Kenny Padro