US 11,855,436 B2
Electrical wiring device with wiring detection and correction
Brian Mueller, Cortland, NY (US); Joshua P. Haines, Marcellus, NY (US); David A. Finlay, Sr., Marietta, NY (US); and Gerald R. Savicki, Jr., Canastota, NY (US)
Assigned to Pass & Seymour, Inc., Syracuse, NY (US)
Filed by Pass & Seymour, Inc., Syracuse, NY (US)
Filed on May 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/828,156.
Application 17/828,156 is a continuation of application No. 16/861,942, filed on Apr. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,349,305, issued on May 31, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/840,111, filed on Apr. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/840,043, filed on Apr. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0045908 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H02H 11/00 (2006.01); H05B 47/20 (2020.01); H05B 47/14 (2020.01)
CPC H02H 11/003 (2013.01) [H02H 11/004 (2013.01); H05B 47/14 (2020.01); H05B 47/20 (2020.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical wiring device, comprising:
a housing assembly including a plurality of terminals at least partially disposed therein, the plurality of terminals including a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, and a fourth terminal, wherein, when in use, one of the plurality of terminals is connected to line hot and one of the plurality of terminals is connected to line neutral;
a first plurality of wiring identification circuits each comprising an input side and output side, the input side being isolated from the output side, wherein the input side is electrically connected between a respective pair of the plurality of terminals and the output side produces an output if a voltage exists between the respective pair of the plurality of terminals, the outputs of the first plurality of wiring identification circuits forming a first plurality of outputs; and
a control circuit receiving the output from each wiring identification circuit of the first plurality of wiring identification circuits and configured to determine, during use, to which of the plurality of terminals line hot and line neutral are connected according to first plurality of outputs.