Electrical power monitoring system
AssigneePhillips Connect Technologies LLC
InventorsAdam Bean, Tom Begin
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Abstract
An electrical power monitoring system includes a base at an external surface of a wall of a junction box and including a stem configured to project through an opening in the wall, the base further including a monitoring circuit, a plurality of conductors extending through the stem and coupling the monitoring circuit to a plurality of conductive terminals in the junction box, and a fastener configured to mate with the stem of the base at an internal surface of the wall to fix the base to the wall, wherein the monitoring circuit is configured to monitor presence of electrical power at the plurality of conductive terminals, the monitoring circuit including a plurality of light sources at the external surface of the base.
Claims20
An electrical power monitoring system comprising:
- a base at an external surface of a wall of a junction box and comprising a stem configured to project through an opening in the wall, the base further comprising a monitoring circuit;
- a plurality of conductors extending through the stem and coupling the monitoring circuit to a plurality of conductive terminals in the junction box;
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- a fastener configured to mate with the stem of the base at an internal surface of the wall to fix the base to the wall,
- wherein the monitoring circuit is configured to monitor presence of electrical power at the plurality of conductive terminals, the monitoring circuit comprising a plurality of light sources at the external surface of the base.
An electrical power monitoring system comprising:
- a base at an external surface of a wall of a junction box and comprising a stem configured to pass through an opening in the wall, the base further comprising a monitoring circuit;
- a plurality of conductors extending through the stem and coupling the monitoring circuit to a plurality of conductive terminals in the junction box;
- a clear cover configured to protect an external surface of the base against external conditions;
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- a fastener configured to mate with the stem of the base at an internal surface of the wall to fix the base to the wall,
- wherein the monitoring circuit is configured to monitor presence of electrical power at the plurality of conductive terminals, the monitoring circuit comprising a plurality of light sources at the external surface of the base.
A junction box comprising:
- a socket configured to receive a connector cable carrying a plurality of wires, the junction box being coupled to an electrical system of a vehicle;
- a plurality of conductive terminals electrically coupled to the plurality of wires of the connector cable;
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- an electrical power monitoring system coupled to an exterior wall of the junction box, the electrical power monitoring system comprising:
- a base at an external surface of a wall of a junction box and comprising a threaded stem configured to pass through an opening in the wall, the base further comprising a monitoring circuit;
- a plurality of conductors extending through the threaded stem and coupling the monitoring circuit to the plurality of conductive terminals of the junction box;
- a clear cover configured to protect an external surface of the base against external conditions;
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- a locking nut having a threaded interior configured to mate with the threaded stem of the base at an internal surface of the wall to fix the base to the wall,
- wherein the monitoring circuit is configured to monitor presence of electrical power at the plurality of conductive terminals, the monitoring circuit comprising a plurality of light sources at the external surface of the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.