Safety electrical outlet with logic control circuit
OwnerPedro J. Weinbergerinventor
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Abstract
An electrical safety outlet for accepting a plug to provide power to electrical appliances including a power supply and an intelligent circuitry for controlling the power supply to the electrical outlet; the intelligent circuitry includes circuits for determining temperature condition in the outlet, mechanical plug insertion into the outlet, load presence on the outlet, and current capacity conditions.
Claims36
An electrical safety outlet having contact friction apertures for accepting non-ground blades of a plug to provide power to an electrical appliance, the electrical outlet comprises
- an electrically controlled switch;
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- intelligent circuitry for controlling the power flow received from a power source via the electrically controlled switch to the electrical safety outlet, the intelligent circuitry includes a source disposed between the contact friction apertures, and at least one sensor for determining full and proper plug insertion into the outlet, the at least one sensor being disposed so as to receive emissions from the source after passing through only the associated contact friction aperture.
An electrical safety outlet having contact friction apertures for accepting non-ground blades of a plug to provide power to an electrical appliance, the electrical outlet comprises
- an electrically controlled switch;
- intelligent circuitry for controlling power supply received from a power source via the electrically controlled switch to the electrical outlet, the intelligent circuitry includes a source disposed between the contact friction apertures, and at least one sensor for monitoring proper and full plug insertion, the at least one sensor being disposed so as to receive emissions from the source after passing through only the associated contact friction aperture, the intelligent circuitry further including a sensor for load presence, a sensor for current load on the outlet and a sensor for temperature in the outlet.
An electrical safety outlet having contact friction apertures for accepting non-ground blades of a plug to provide power to an electrical appliance, the electrical outlet comprises
- an electrically controlled switch;
- intelligent circuitry for controlling power supply received from a power source via the electrically controlled switch to the electrical outlet, the intelligent circuitry includes a source disposed between the contact friction apertures and at least one sensor for monitoring proper and full plug insertion, the at least one sensor being disposed so as to receive emissions from the source after passing through only the associated contact friction aperture, the intelligent circuitry further including a sensor for load presence, a sensor for current load on the outlet and a sensor for temperature in the outlet;
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- wherein the intelligent circuitry includes a microprocessor which includes an I/O port for remote addressing.
A method for operating an electrical safety outlet having contact friction apertures for accepting non-ground blades of a plug to provide power to an electrical device, the outlet including an electrically controlled switch, the method comprising the step of
- controlling the power flow from a power source via the electrically controlled switch to the electrical outlet based on the detection of full and proper plug detection using intelligent circuitry, the intelligent circuitry including a source disposed between the contact friction apertures and at least one sensor for determining full and proper plug insertion into the outlet, the at least one sensor being disposed so as to receive emissions from the source after passing through only the associated contact friction aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.