ELECTRICAL OUTLET HAVING WIRELESS CONTROL CAPABILITIES

摘要

A line-in power is connectable to the disclosed outlet housing similar to any known power outlet. This provided power is used to drive an AC/DC converter to create a DC bus internal to the outlet housing. This DC bus powers the electronics, including, for example, a wireless transceiver incorporated within the outlet housing. In at least one instance, the wireless transceiver will receive a command from another wireless device to turn power ON or OFF to the local outlet and the downstream (e.g. daisychained, etc.) outlets. These outlets can be wired to the output terminations (push-in and/or other) on the back of the local outlet and/or outlet housing, or may be connected through any other suitable electrical connection

主权项

1. An outlet component for connecting a source of power to an electrical outlet, comprising:
a line-side connection arranged for electrically coupling the outlet component to the source of power; an electrical interface arranged for electrically coupling the outlet component to the electrical outlet; a power controller electrically coupled to the line-side connection and the electrical interface and operable to control a bringing of power to the electrical interface from the line-side connection; and a wireless receiver electrically coupled to the power controller for receiving a first signal from a device external to the outlet component and for generating, in response thereto, a second signal for controlling operations of the power controller.