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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2008
Neil A. Czarnecki, Mt. Pleasant, WI (US);
Joseph M. Kampschroer, Whitefish Bay, WI (US);
Neil A. Czarnecki, Mt. Pleasant, WI (US);
Joseph M. Kampschroer, Whitefish Bay, WI (US);
Reliance Controls Corporation, Racine, WI (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to an outlet center for use with a power inlet box to electrically connect one or more loads to an auxiliary power supply connected to the power inlet box. The outlet center is designed to be mounted to an interior surface of a wall with the power inlet box mounted to an exterior surface of the wall. Electrical conductors extend through the wall between the outlet center and the power inlet box. The outlet center includes sockets adapted to receive the plug of an electrical load so that auxiliary power may be fed to the electrical load during primary power unavailability. The outlet center may illuminate when auxiliary power is available to assist a user in locating the outlet center during blackout conditions and may also include an indicator lamp that illuminates when auxiliary power is being provided to an electrical load connected to the outlet center.