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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Ronald D. Atanus, Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Gregory C. Mears, Chicago, IL (US);
Richard P. Mikosz, Hickory Hills, IL (US);
Raymond P. O'Leary, Evanston, IL (US);
Michael G. Ennis, Evanston, IL (US);
Joseph W. Ruta, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
S&C Electric Co., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A control arrangement and method is provided for electronic devices in which an electronic switch is maintained in a conducting state at all times other than when it is desired to render the electronic switch nonconducting. In a specific embodiment, a latched control signal is utilized which is changed by the receipt of a momentary signal to change the conducting state of the electronic switch. For example, according to one specific arrangement, the momentary signal is a secure, complex signal such that appropriate decoding and detection of the proper signal is required to change the conducting state of the electronic switch.