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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2012
Gary D. Carpenter, Austin, TX (US);
Wael El-essawy, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas W. Keller, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Juan C. Rubio, Austin, TX (US);
Gary D. Carpenter, Austin, TX (US);
Wael El-Essawy, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas W. Keller, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Juan C. Rubio, Austin, TX (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A wire management method using a wire manager including current sensing features provides input for power measurement and management systems. The wire manager may be a single wire or single bundle retaining device with a current sensor such as a hall effect sensor integrated therein, or may be a multi-wire management housing with multiple current sensing devices disposed inside for measuring the current through multiple wires. The wires may be multiple branch circuits in a power distribution panel or raceway, and the wire manager may be adapted for mounting in such a panel or raceway. Voltage sensing may also be incorporated within the sensors by providing an electrically conductive plate, wire or other element that capacitively couples to the corresponding wire.