Electrical power cord with multiple low-voltage terminal
AssigneeBriggs & Stratton Power Products Group, LLC
InventorsGregory Marchand, Philip Gull
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Abstract
An electrical power cord for providing low-voltage alternating current outputs from a high-voltage alternating current source. The cord includes an input terminal that is operable to receive power from a high-voltage alternating current power source. The cord also includes first and second output terminals that are operable to output low-voltage alternating current. The input terminal includes two distinct neutral wires.
Claims34
An electrical power cord that provides input current from a current source, the cord comprising:
- an input plug operable to receive input current from the current source, the input plug having first and second prongs;
- first and second neutral wires connected with said first prong of said input plug;
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- first and second output terminals operable to provide output current, wherein the first neutral wire is connected to the first output terminal and the second neutral wire is connected to the second output terminal.
An electrical power cord operable to receive power from a power source and to output power, the cord comprising:
- an input cord connected to an input plug operable to receive power from the power source and to provide at least one current path, the input plug having first and second prongs, and the input cord including a first input power wire, a second input power wire, a first input neutral wire connected to said first prong, a second input neutral wire connected to said first prong, and a ground wire;
- a first output cord connected to a first output terminal operable to output power and providing a first output current path, the first output cord and the first output terminal including a first output power wire, a first output neutral wire electrically connected to the first input neutral wire, and a first output ground wire;
- a second output cord connected to a second output terminal operable to output power and providing a second output current path, the second output cord and the second output terminal including a second output power wire, a second output neutral wire electrically connected to the second input neutral wire, and a second output ground wire;
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- a transition section disposed between the input cord on the one hand and the first and second output cords on the other hand, where said at least one current path is split into said first and second current paths.
An electrical power cord comprising:
- an input cord including a first neutral wire and a second neutral wire and having a first distal end;
- an input terminal connected to the first distal end of the input cord, the input terminal having at least one prong, the prong connected to the first neutral wire and the second neutral wire;
- a first output terminal connected to the first neutral wire;
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- a second output terminal connected to the second neutral wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.