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Thomas Sukei Nishihira

David Arthur Blau

John R Baldwin

Lance Sushin Nishihira

An adapter includes a device-side component and a wall-side component. The device-side component has a male socket receptacle to receive an electrical plug and a male socket opposite the male socket receptacle. The wall-side component has a female socket plug to insert into an electrical outlet and a female socket opposite the female socket plug. The male socket is configured to interface with the female socket, regardless of orientation of the male socket with respect to the female socket.

Apparatus for and method of magnetically coupling standard electrical plugs

A method and apparatus for regulating a DC power supply, adaptable for use with a motion sensor switch, by limiting the leakage to ground current of the power supply to comply with U.L. Standards while also enabling the DC power supply to provide a stable DC output voltage which is essentially unaffected by changes in magnitude of the AC supply voltage or changes in ambient temperature. The method and apparatus employs first and second transistors, in which the base and collector of the first transistor and the base and collector of the second transistor are coupled to receive a voltage based on the AC supply voltage, and the emitter of both the first and second transistors are coupled to drive an output circuit of the DC power supply. The emitter of the second transistor is also coupled via a first resistor to the base of the first transistor, and the collector of the second transistor is also coupled via a second resistor to the base of the first transistor. The magnitudes of the first and second resistors are determined such that the leakage to ground current remains substantially constant over a range of magnitudes of the AC supply voltage, and the emitters of the first and second transistors drive the output circuit to provide at a plurality of output terminals a plurality of stable DC output voltages having respective magnitudes which are essentially unaffected by changes in the magnitude of the AC supply voltage. A zener diode can be coupled between the emitters of the first and second transistors to cause the magnitudes of the stable DC output voltages to be essentially unaffected by changes in temperature.

Apparatus and method for limiting leakage to ground current while optimizing output of a power supply adaptable for use with a motion sensor switch

An apparatus and method for controlling a motion sensor switch which is adapted to control a lighting circuit in an area monitored by the motion sensor switch. The apparatus and method employs a setting adjustment device, such as a potentiometer, having a setting range which sets the duration of a delay period during which the motion sensor switch delays deactivating the lighting circuit after sensing that the monitored area has become vacant. The setting adjustment device further includes a first setting position, a second setting position, or both. The apparatus and method further employs a bypass controller, such as a comparator circuit or software-implemented comparator, which, when the setting adjustment device is set to the first or second bypass setting position, controls the motion sensor switch to maintain the lighting circuit activated or deactivated, regardless of whether the motion sensor senses motion in the monitored area.

Apparatus and method for providing bypass functions for a motion sensor switch

A bicolor indicator is provided for a lighting control system which controllably switches one or more lkighting fixtures on or off in accordance with detected motion, ambient light level and a selected time out period. The indicator indicates when the lighting control system is operating in a bypass on or off mode (i.e., overriding controlled switching based on motion detection and ambient light level) or in an automatic time out mode. The indicator also indicates occurrences of motion detection and whether or not the ambient light level is exceeded.

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Newark, CA, United States of America

Thomas Sukei Nishihira