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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2016
Eaton Industries (France) Sas, Montbonnot St Martin, FR;
Emilien Kia, Pontcharra, FR;
Aurelien Begou, Saint Martin d'heres, FR;
EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
A plug adapter configured for application with a system for automatically deducing the electrical cabling between electrical devices includes: a plug configured to plug into in a socket of an electrical device; a socket configured to plug into a plug of an electrical cable; a light receiver positioned to receive light emitted by an optical fiber ending in the plug of the electrical cable; and an electronic unit configured to control the light receiver and/or the light emitter and including an interface configured to communicate with a cabling management system of the system configured to automatically deduce the electrical cabling between electrical devices in order to receive control signals for the light emitter and to transmit detection signals from the light receiver.