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US 12,413,027 B2Granted
Shallow electrical protection device (GFCI, AFCI, and AFCI/GFCI) system and method
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsDavid Ridgeway, Kenny Padro
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Abstract
A device may include a housing including a face plate. A device may include a plurality of sensing cores each configured to receive a current flow through a center cavity, the current flow defining a current flow direction through the center cavity, wherein the current flow direction is parallel to the face plate.
Claims14
An electrical outlet receptacle comprising:
- a housing including a face plate;
- and
- a solenoid having a central axis perpendicular to the face plate;
- a plurality of sensing cores each configured to receive a current flow through a center cavity, the current flow defining a current flow direction through the center cavity,
- wherein the current flow direction is parallel to the face plate;
- and
- wherein the plurality of sensing cores are placed symmetrically in a translational direction across the electrical outlet receptacle.
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