US 11,677,233 B2
Smart bus plug remote actuation, monitoring, and control
Sonal Arora, Pune (IN); Kundan Deore, Nashik (IN); Prashant Pandurang Rode, Pune (IN); Gordon Pettersen, Greenwood, SC (US); and Archit Agarwal, Pune (IN)
Assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Filed by EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Nov. 12, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/681,083.
Prior Publication US 2021/0143631 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. H02H 1/00 (2006.01); H02H 7/22 (2006.01); H01R 25/16 (2006.01); H01R 31/06 (2006.01); H01R 13/713 (2006.01); H01R 13/70 (2006.01)
CPC H02H 7/22 (2013.01) [H01R 13/701 (2013.01); H01R 13/7135 (2013.01); H01R 25/162 (2013.01); H01R 31/065 (2013.01); H02H 1/0061 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power distribution system comprising:
a plurality of bus plugs, wherein each of a respective bus plug of the plurality of bus plugs includes:
an electrical switch having a control knob, the electrical switch being configured to selectively control a corresponding energization of the respective bus plug, and
an actuator operable to physically engage the control knob of the electrical switch to impart a first force on the control knob to physically move the control knob of the electrical switch from an on position to an off position and to impart a second force on the control knob to physically move the control knob of the electrical switch from the off position to the on position;
a remote application having commands defining the energization of at least one of the plurality of bus plugs; and
a communication module configured to communicate the commands from the remote application to the at least one of the plurality of bus plugs, and wherein the actuator receives the commands from the communication module, which causes the actuator to physically move the control knob of the electrical switch.