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US 9,362,728 B2Granted
Active cover plates
AssigneeSnapPower
InventorsJeremy Cornell Smith, Sean Daniel Watkins, Phil Dietz, Beau Oyler, Yulian Bagirov, Jeffrey Tung, Charles Lyman Bates
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Abstract
In one example, an active cover plate includes a faceplate, a load and a spring clip adjustable in at least one of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction with respect to the faceplate to electrically interface with a receptacle body and extract electrical power from the receptacle body to energize the load. A method for installing an active cover plate on an electrical receptacle is also provided.
Claims25
An active cover plate comprising:
- a faceplate comprising at least one detent;
- and
- a spring clip comprising a base with at least one notch;
- wherein the spring clip is adjustable with respect to the faceplate by moving the base to engage at least one detent with at least one notch.
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An active cover plate comprising:
- a faceplate comprising a plurality of posts;
- an electrical load;
- and
- a spring clip adjustable in a vertical direction with respect to the faceplate to electrically interface with a receptacle body and extract electrical power from the receptacle body to energize the load, wherein the spring clip comprises:
- a flexible conductive portion connected to the faceplate by a base portion with apertures;
- a non-conductive portion connected to an opposite end of the flexible conductive portion,
- wherein the spring clip is configured to be mounted in at least two different vertical positions along the face plate by placing the base with apertures over posts in the plurality of posts.
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An active cover plate comprising:
- a faceplate;
- a spring clip;
- at least one slot;
- and
- a plurality of protrusions;
- wherein the spring clip is adjustable vertical direction with respect to the faceplate by moving the spring clip to engage the at least one slot with one of the protrusions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.