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Intelligent wire connectors

  • US 20100295691A1
  • Filed: 05/13/2010
  • Published: 11/25/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An intelligent twist-on electrical wire connector for joining electrical wires into an electrical connection therein comprising:

  • an electrically insulated housing having a closed end and an open end;

    a spiral coil for maintaining an electrical wire in electrical contact within the insulated housing; and

    an information device comprising a microprocessor carried by said electrical wire connector, said microprocessor operable to transmit dynamic information generated by the sensor to a location remote from the electrical wire connector either periodically, continually or in response to a signal external to the electrical wire connector.

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