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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:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
David H. Tannenbaum, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Union Beach, L.P., Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/702 ; H01H 3/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/702 ; H01H 3/500 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed an in-line free-form sensor for controlling power flow to a utilization device. The in-line sensor is contained within a housing attached along a power cord and the housing contains no externally-visible moving parts. The sensor can be trained to respond to certain stimuli, such as light, sound, temperature, human presence, and/or motion. The sensor can control the power directly by operation of a switch or can provide signals for use by a device external to said housing.