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US 12,614,882 B1Granted
Powered wall plate
AssigneeTitan3 Technology LLC
InventorJeffrey P. Baldwin
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Abstract
A powered wall plate comprising a wall plate, at least two electrical connectors, an electrical circuit, and an electrical feature. The wall plate has a front surface opposite a rear surface and at least one opening sized to expose a first electrical receptacle of an electrical device. The at least two electrical connectors originate within the wall plate and extend rearward from the rear surface. The electrical circuit is located between the front surface and the rear surface. The electrical feature is exposed on the wall plate and is configured to receive power from the at least two electrical connectors through the electrical circuit.
Claims20
A powered wall plate, comprising:
- a wall plate having a front surface opposite a rear surface and at least one opening extending through the front surface and the rear surface that is sized large enough to expose a portion of an electrical device therethrough;
- at least two electrical wires electrically and physically coupled to the wall plate and extending from a first end of each of the at least two electrical wires at the wall plate rearward away from the rear surface, the at least two electrical wires configured to wrap at a second end of each of the at least two electrical wires around and attach to current mounting screws of the electrical device and provide electricity to the wall plate from the current mounting screws through the at least two electrical wires;
- a protruding front face extending forward of the front surface of the wall plate and having an electrical circuit located between the protruding front face and the rear surface;
- a side wall extending from the protruding front face toward the rear surface, the side wall comprising a bottom surface and a side surface, wherein the bottom surface and the side surface are nonparallel;
- at least one light on the bottom surface of the side wall, wherein the electrical circuit is electrically coupled between the at least two electrical wires and the at least one light;
- a sensor electrically coupled to the at least one light and configured to control electricity to the at least one light in response to an environmental characteristic detected by the sensor;
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- at least one USB port on the side surface of the side wall, wherein the at least one USB port is electrically coupled to the at least two electrical wires.
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A powered wall plate, comprising:
- a wall plate having a front surface opposite a rear surface and at least one opening extending through the front surface and the rear surface that is sized large enough to expose a portion of an electrical device therethrough;
- at least two electrical wires electrically and physically coupled to the wall plate and extending from the wall plate rearward away from the rear surface, the at least two electrical connectors configured to wrap around and attach to current mounting screws of the electrical device;
- a protruding front face extending forward of the front surface of the wall plate and having an electrical circuit located between the protruding front face and the rear surface;
- a side wall extending from the protruding front face toward the rear surface;
- at least one light on the side wall, wherein the electrical circuit is electrically coupled between the at least two electrical wires and the at least one light;
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- a sensor electrically coupled to the at least one light and configured to control electricity to the at least one light in response to an environmental characteristic detected by the sensor.
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A powered wall plate, comprising:
- a wall plate having a front surface opposite a rear surface and at least one opening extending through the front surface and the rear surface that is sized large enough to expose a portion of an electrical device therethrough;
- at least two electrical wires electrically and physically attached to the wall plate and extending rearward from the rear surface toward the current mounting screws of the electrical device, the at least two electrical wires configured to wrap around and attach to the current mounting screws of the electrical device;
- a side wall extending from the front surface toward the rear surface;
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- at least one light on the side wall, wherein the at least one light is configured to electrically couple to the at least two electrical wires.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.