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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:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pamela S Combs, Horse Shoe, NC (US);
Mark E Innes, Asheville, NC (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395289 ; 340653 ; 34081545 ;
Abstract
A unique combination of nonvolatile memory (16) with a visual indicator (18) to give a device an address display which adds very little cost or space to the device and its housing. A nonvolatile RAM incorporated into the device electronics is provided with a memory location sufficient for storing the identifier in binary form. A simple visual display in the form of an LED (18) is also provided in the device housing and electrically connected to the RAM for providing visual indication of the stored number according to a predefined code.