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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:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Ideal Industries, Inc., Sycamore, IL (US);
Inventors:
Timothy B. Tunnell, Sycamore, IL (US);
Sushil N. Keswani, Sycamore, IL (US);
Assignee:
IDEAL Industries, Inc., Sycamore, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 13/00 (2006.01); H01Q 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 13/0075 (2013.01); H01Q 1/084 (2013.01);
Abstract
A connector includes a main housing element for holding smart connector circuitry. A threaded nub extends from the main housing element and is sized to be received within a knock-out of a junction box. The threaded nub has a first opening and a second opening separated by a barrier for allowing respective ones of power wires and dimming wires, which are coupled to the smart connector circuitry, to be passed from the main housing element to the junction box.