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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2010
Todd M. Lathrop, Oakdale, PA (US);
Dhananjay Lal, Seven Fields, PA (US);
Todd M. Lathrop, Oakdale, PA (US);
Dhananjay Lal, Seven Fields, PA (US);
EATON CORPORATION, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A power system includes a first power source, a second power source, an automatic transfer switch, and a number of loads powered by an output of the automatic transfer switch. The automatic transfer switch includes a first input structured to receive power from the first power source, a second input structured to receive power from the second power source, the output, a transfer mechanism structured to electrically connect only one of the first input and the second input to the output, and a receiver structured to receive a serial communication message and cause the transfer mechanism to electrically connect only the second input to the output.