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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2019
Epistar Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Praneet Jayant Athalye, Morrisville, NC (US);
Frederic Perry Phillips, Wuzhong, CN;
Christopher Lee Whitworth, Mooresville, NC (US);
Ashok Deepak Shah, Atlanta, GA (US);
EPISTAR CORPORATION, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An inline driver module includes an input connector, the input connector comprising a live contact and a neutral contact, the live contact configured to connect to a live line of an AC power socket, the neutral contact configured to connect to a neutral line of the AC power socket; an output connector, the output connector comprising a positive contact and a negative contact; and a driver module, the driver module disposed between the input connector and the output connector, the driver module comprising a driver housing and a driver PCB, a driver housing cavity defined within the driver housing, the driver PCB disposed within the driver housing cavity, the driver PCB connected in electrical communication with the live contact, the neutral contact, the positive contact, and the negative contact, the driver PCB configured to convert an AC power input from the AC power socket to a DC power output.