H - Electricity – 02 – G
Patent
H - Electricity
02
G
H02G 3/16 (2006.01) H02G 3/18 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2623091
A utility control device, such as a light socket, a switch or a plug socket, is designed with universal terminals so that when plugged into a pre-wired utility box (box socket), the terminals will make the proper electrical connections with the premises wiring. In one embodiment, a "shell" is inserted into a common utility box. The shell would then be wired to the building wiring on the "back-side" of the shell and when the shell is installed within the utility box the wiring is sandwiched inside the box and behind the shell and therefore not easily seen. A standard socket is positioned within the shell and provides a quick no-wiring required connection to the mating terminals on the actual device, for example a light-switch, or plug, or thermostat, or any other device normally installed and wired as a permanent fixture. Systems and methods are disclosed for arranging the premises power grid such that any device type can be "plugged" into the shells that are pre-wired inside the utility box. In one embodiment, the grid is constructed exactly as it has always been with each box pre-established for a particular type of control but with a plug/play adapter. In another embodiment, the grid is universally wired and each device instructs the system as to its type and as to its intended use. In operation, such a universal plan would allow a device, for example, to "announce" what light, or set of lights, it will control. The system can handle power wiring as well as control wiring.
Kirby Eades Gale Baker
Optimal Innovations Inc.
LandOfFree
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