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US 2024/0146048 A1Published application
System and method for controlling an electrical receptacle
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsRobert Simon, Matthew Samojeden
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Abstract
An electrical receptacle including an outlet and a testing circuit. The outlet is configured to connect to an external load. The outlet includes a phase line and a neutral line. The testing circuit is configured to output a signal to a phase line of the outlet, receive a response signal from a neutral line of the outlet, and determine when the external load is electrically connected to the outlet based on the response signal.
Claims16
An electrical receptacle comprising:
- an outlet configured to connect to an external load, the outlet includes a phase line and a neutral line;
- and
- a testing circuit configured to
- output a signal to a phase line of the outlet,
- receive a response signal from a neutral line of the outlet, and
- determine when the external load is electrically connected to the outlet based on the response signal.
3 more elements
A method of controlling an electrical receptacle including an outlet and a testing circuit, the method comprising:
- outputting, via the testing circuit, a signal to a phase line of the outlet;
- receiving, via the testing circuit, a response signal from a neutral line of the outlet;
- determining, via the testing circuit, when an external load is electrically connected to the outlet based on the response signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.