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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2022
Smart Power Partners Llc, Wheaton, IL (US);
John J. King, Wheaton, IL (US);
Stephen DeLano, Milton, MA (US);
Bryan R Hotaling, Harvard, MA (US);
James R Varney, Bolton, MA (US);
Tyler J. Miller, Dickerson, MD (US);
Tho Nguyen, Ashburn, VA (US);
Benjamin F Feldman, Reston, VA (US);
Thomas E Musman, Woodbridge, VA (US);
Smart Power Partners LLC, Wheaton, IL (US);
Abstract
A control module adapted to be attached to a power adapter is described. The control module may comprise a plurality of contact elements including a first contact element adapted to receive a line voltage and a second contact element adapted to receive a reference voltage; a switch coupled to receive the line voltage; a third contact element coupled to the switch and adapted to provide the line voltage to a power adapter; and a control circuit coupled to the switch and adapted to control the state of the switch; and a fourth contact element coupled to the control circuit; wherein the control circuit generates a signal adapted to be routed to the power adapter by way of the fourth contact element