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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:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Le Tang, Cary, NC (US);
Mohamed Y. Haj-maharsi, Garner, NC (US);
Ernst Scholtz, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
ABB Research Ltd., Zurich, CH;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 71/20 (2006.01); H01H 71/10 (2006.01); H02B 1/26 (2006.01); G08B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A wireless secondary assembly is disclosed for use in an electrical distribution network. The secondary assembly may include a wireless source electrically connected to a first electric cable and adapted to emit an electromagnetic power signal. A wireless receiver is electrically connected to a secondary device and adapted to receive the electromagnetic power signal and convert the electromagnetic power signal to electricity to power to secondary device.