Integrated power and communication device
AssigneeS&C Electric Company
InventorsDouglas Staszesky, David Klein
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Abstract
A power distribution system sensor and/or control device is integrated with a wireless communication device in an encapsulating weather resistant housing. The device includes a power supply that is adapted to couple to a conductor of the power distribution network to provide rectified and conditioned power as necessary to operate the distribution and/or control device and the wireless transceiver. The wireless communication device may be a low power packet data radio transceiver operating in accordance with any suitable communication standard.
Claims16
An integrated power distribution or control and communication device for use in a power distribution network comprising:
- a housing for the device;
- a power supply disposed within the housing and adapted to couple to a conductor of the power distribution network;
- a power distribution or control device disposed within the housing;
- the power distribution or control device having a data output wherein the data is indicative of an operating characteristic of the power distribution or control device or the power distribution network;
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- a wireless transceiver disposed within the housing and coupled to the power distribution or control device to receive the data and to wirelessly communicate the data.
A pole-line insulator having an integrated power distribution or control device and a wireless communication device, comprising:
- a power supply;
- a power distribution or control device, the power distribution or control device having a data output wherein the data is indicative of an operating characteristic of the power distribution or control device or the power distribution network;
- a wireless transceiver coupled to the power distribution or control device to receive the data and to wirelessly communicate the data;
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- insulating housing encapsulating the power supply, the power distribution or control device and the wireless transceiver, the insulating housing including a surface for supporting a conductor of a power distribution network such that the conductor is coupled to the power supply.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.