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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2017
The Chamberlain Group, Inc., Oak Brook, IL (US);
Michael Carey, Knoxville, TN (US);
Casparus Cate, Chicago, IL (US);
Timothy Karl Nowack, Des Plaines, IL (US);
The Chamberlain Group, Inc., Oak Brook, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling use of an electrical device. The apparatus includes at least one power connector, a first electrical plug, an electrical socket, a lock configured to retain an electrical plug in the electrical socket, a switch electrically coupling the at least one power connector and the electrical socket, and wireless communication circuitry communicatively coupled to the switch and configured to receive a signal for causing the switch to electrically couple the at least one power connector and the electrical socket.