US 12,069,786 B1
Control attachment configured to provide power to a load and method of configuring a control attachment
John J. King, Wheaton, IL (US); and Stephen DeLano, Milton, MA (US)
Assigned to Smart Power Partners LLC, Wheaton, IL (US)
Filed by John J. King, Wheaton, IL (US); and Stephen DeLano, Milton, MA (US)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/151,466.
Application 17/151,466 is a continuation of application No. 16/946,014, filed on Jun. 2, 2020, granted, now 10,917,956.
Application 16/946,014 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/661,961, filed on Oct. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,201,444.
Application 16/661,961 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/560,881, filed on Sep. 4, 2019, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/704,442, filed on May 11, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/969,126, filed on Feb. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/957,292, filed on Jan. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/935,149, filed on Nov. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/877,784, filed on Jul. 23, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/869,002, filed on Jun. 30, 2019.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/3203 (2019.01); H01R 13/66 (2006.01); H05B 47/11 (2020.01); H05B 47/17 (2020.01)
CPC H05B 47/11 (2020.01) [G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); H01R 13/665 (2013.01); H05B 47/17 (2020.01); G06F 1/26 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control attachment configured to provide power to a load, the control attachment comprising:
a first plurality of contact elements configured to be coupled to a power adapter;
a plurality of openings on a first surface and associated with a second plurality of contact elements configured to receive a power signal and a neutral signal, wherein the plurality of openings are adapted to receive prongs of a plug;
a first contact element of the first plurality of contact elements configured to receive the power signal by way of a switch of a power adapter;
a second contact element of the first plurality of contact elements configured to provide the power signal to a load;
a contact element coupled between the first contact element and the second contact element;
a ground contact element of the first plurality of contact elements configured to be coupled to a ground contact element of a power adapter; and
a transformer coupled to receive the power signal and generate a low voltage signal;
wherein the second plurality of contact elements is coupled to the first plurality of contact elements.