Power connector with integrated power monitoring
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsShadi Alex AbuGhazaleh, Ryan Gene Papageorge, Thomas Louis Scanzillo
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Abstract
An electronic power connector including a contact and a contact core. The contact is configured to electrically connect a power supply to a load. The contact core is configured to receive the contact. The contact core includes a transformer winding configured to sense a current and a sensor slot configured to receive a sensor. In some embodiments, the sensor is configured to sense a temperature. In some embodiments, the sensor is configured to sense a voltage.
Claims19
An electronic power connector comprising:
- a contact configured to electrically connect a power supply to a load;
- a contact core configured to receive the contact, the contact core including
- a transformer winding wrapped around the contact core, the transformer winding configured to sense a current, and
- a sensor slot configured to receive a sensor.
A power connector comprising:
- a sleeve;
- a contact carrier located within the sleeve, the contact carrier includes a contact transformer module having
- a connector contact,
- a contact core, and
- a transformer winding wrapped around the contact core.
A method of sensing various characteristics of an electronic power connector, the method comprising:
- providing a transformer winding wrapped around a contact core;
- providing a sensor slot proximate the contact core, the sensor slot configured to receive a sensor;
- sensing, via the transformer, a current;
- and
- sensing, via the sensor, a characteristic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.