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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2012
Ideal Industries, Inc., Sycamore, IL (US);
Nolan Bello, North Aurora, IL (US);
Sushil N. Keswani, Sycamore, IL (US);
IDEAL Industries, Inc., Sycamore, IL (US);
Abstract
A connector for connecting a source of AC power to a powered device includes a line-side interface arranged for releasably and electrically coupling the connector to the source of power, a load-side power interface arranged for electrically coupling the connector to the powered device, a load-side control interface for controlling the power supplied to the powered device, a controller electrically coupled to the line-side interface, the load-side power interface, and the load-side control interface and operable to control a bringing of power to the load-side power interface from the line-side interface and for bringing a control signal to the load-side control interface, and a receiver electrically coupled to the controller for receiving a first signal from a device external to the connector and for generating, in response thereto, a second signal for controlling operations of the controller.