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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2016
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Chris Emmons Drueke, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Jeffery Scott Kuykendall, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Paul David Seff, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Jason Demetrios Easton, Williamsburg, VA (US);
EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
A splitter cord for use with a power pedestal including a plurality of receptacles, the splitter cord includes a plurality of branch circuits each having a first end including a connector structured to electrically connect to one of the plurality of receptacles, a second end electrically connected to a common node, and a current regulator electrically connected between the first and second ends and being structured to control current flowing through said branch circuit such that current exiting said one receptacle is substantially equal to current entering said one receptacle, and a stem circuit having a first end including a connector structured to electrically connect to a device or vehicle receptacle and a second end electrically connected to the common node. A sum of currents flowing through the plurality of branch circuits is equal to current flowing through the stem circuit.