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US 11,626,698 B2Granted
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 configured to electrically connect a power supply to a load. The electronic power connector further including 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.
Claims20
An electronic power connector comprising:
- a contact configured to electrically connect a power supply to a load;
- and
- 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.
A power connector comprising:
- a sleeve;
- a contact carrier located within the sleeve, the contact carrier includes a contact transformer module having
- a transformer winding wrapped around a 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;
- sensing, via the transformer, a first characteristic;
- and
- sensing, via a sensor, a second characteristic.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.