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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:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Martin H. Graham, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
And Yet, Inc., Berkeley, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/900 ; G01R 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/900 ; G01R 2/500 ;
Abstract
An apparatus is described for determining whether the power applied to two outlets is in phase or out of phase. Two plugs are used, one for engaging each of the outlets. A circuit coupled to both plugs includes a plurality of indicators, and in one embodiment two indicators indicate the presence of power at each of the plugs, and the third, whether the power is in phase or out of phase.