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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Burke J Crane, Lombard, IL (US);
Garth S Jones, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
Assignee:
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361152 ; 361186 ; 307127 ;
Abstract
A switched receptacle includes a latching relay selectively providing power to an outlet receptacle. A drive circuit for the latching relay provides indirect feedback to a logic controller which follows or tracks each relay operation to ensure that the relay is in the commanded mode.