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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 26, 2014
Applicant:

Ideal Industries, Inc., Sycamore, IL (US);

Inventors:

Sushil N. Keswani, Sycamore, IL (US);

Nolan Bello, North Aurora, IL (US);

Assignee:

IDEAL Industries, Inc., Sycamore, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 11/24 (2006.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 13/0075 (2013.01); Y02B 90/2653 (2013.01); Y04S 40/126 (2013.01); Y10T 307/25 (2015.04);
Abstract

A line-in power is connectable to the disclosed outlet housing similar to any known power outlet. This provided power is used to drive an AC/DC converter to create a DC bus internal to the outlet housing. This DC bus powers the electronics, including, for example, a wireless transceiver incorporated within the outlet housing. In at least one instance, the wireless transceiver will receive a command from another wireless device to turn power ON or OFF to the local outlet and the downstream (e.g. daisychained, etc.) outlets. These outlets can be wired to the output terminations (push-in and/or other) on the back of the local outlet and/or outlet housing, or may be connected through any other suitable electrical connection.


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