WEARABLE LIVE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT DETECTION DEVICE

• US 20110234414A1
• Filed: 03/26/2010
• Published: 09/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ojeda Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Ojeda Incorporated
• Inventors: Bozich, John M., Ojeda, Luis
• Application Number:
  US12/732,832
• Publication Number:
  US 20110234414A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/635
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 29/0857 Dosimetry, i.e. measuring the time integral of radiation intensity; Level warning devices for personal safety use nuclear radiation dosimetry G01T
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons

Abstract

A wearable electrical circuit detection device is provided with a plurality of modules configured to functionally execute the necessary steps of detecting an energized electrical circuit. These modules include a wearable holder worn at or near a finger, a sensing module positioned on the wearable holder, an alarm module in communication with the sensing module, and a fastener that fastens the wearable holder in a fastened position. The sensing module, in one embodiment, senses an energized electrical circuit when the sensing module is near the electrical circuit. In some embodiments, the alarm module generates an alarm in response to the sensing module sensing an energized electrical circuit. The fastener, in some embodiments, alternates between the fastened position and an unfastened position. In some embodiments, the fastener includes a conductive interface that activates the sensing module in response to the fastener being in the fastened position.

Claims

1. A detection device for detecting a live electrical circuit, the detection device comprising:

a wearable holder worn at or near a finger;

a sensing module disposed on the wearable holder, the sensing module sensing an electrical field in an electrical circuit when the electrical circuit is energized and when the sensing module is near the electrical circuit;

an alarm module in communication with the sensing module, the alarm module generating an alarm in response to the sensing module sensing an electrical field in the electrical circuit;

a fastener alternating between a fastened position and a unfastened position, wherein the fastener fastens the wearable holder in the fastened position at or near the finger; and

wherein the fastener comprises a conductive interface that activates the sensing module in response to the fastener being in the fastened position.

2. The detection device of claim 1, wherein the wearable holder comprises a glove worn on a hand, the hand comprising the finger.

3. The detection device of claim 1, wherein the wearable holder comprises a wrist strap worn around a wrist, the wrist near the finger.

4. The detection device of claim 1, wherein the wearable holder comprises a finger loop worn on the finger.

5. The detection device of claim 1, wherein the fastener comprises a snap.

6. The detection device of claim 5, wherein the snap comprises two removably fastenable structures of electrically conductive material, the snap activating the sensing module in response to contact between the two removably fastenable structures.

7. The detection device of claim 1, wherein the fastener comprises a hook and loop fastener, wherein the hook and loop fastener comprises an electrically conductive material and connecting the hook and loop fastener activates the sensing module.

8. The detection device of claim 1, wherein the conductive interface comprises two conductive surfaces, wherein the two conductive surfaces contact one another in response to the fastener being in the fastened position.

9. The detection device of claim 1, wherein the conductive interface deactivates the sensing module in response to the fastener being in the unfastened position.

10. The detection device of claim 1, wherein the sensing module has a sensing radius of approximately twelve inches.

11. The detection device of claim 1, wherein the sensing module comprises a flex circuit.

12. The detection device of claim 1, further comprising a conductor connected between the sensing module and a sensing receiver, the sensing receiver reacting with the electric field to generate a signal.

13. The detection device of claim 12, wherein the sensing receiver is worn on a finger.

14. The detection device of claim 1, further comprising a warning light activated by the alarm module in response to the sensing module sensing the electrical field.

15. The detection device of claim 1, further comprising a warning speaker activated by the alarm module in response to the sensing module sensing the electrical field.

16. A glove to detect a live electrical circuit, the glove comprising:

a sensing module disposed on the glove, the sensing module sensing an electrical field in an electrical circuit when the electrical circuit is energized and when the sensing module is near the electrical circuit;

an alarm module in communication with the sensing module, the alarm module generating an alarm in response to the sensing module sensing an electrical field in the electrical circuit;

a fastener alternating between a fastened position and an unfastened position, wherein the fastener fastens the glove in the fastened position; and

wherein the fastener comprises a conductive interface that activates the sensing module in response to the fastener being in the fastened position.

17. The glove of claim 16, wherein the fastener comprises a strap disposed near a wrist of the glove and wherein the conductive interface comprises two conductive elements, wherein the two conductive elements contact one another in response to the fastener being in the fastened position.

18. The glove of claim 16, further comprising a sensing receiver disposed on a finger of the glove, the sensing receiver in communication with the sensing module, the sensing receiver reacting with the electrical field in the electrical circuit when the electrical circuit is energized to generate a signal.

19. A wrist strap to detect a live electrical circuit, the wrist strap comprising:

a sensing module disposed on the wrist strap, the sensing module sensing an electrical field in an electrical circuit when the electrical circuit is energized and when the sensing module is near the electrical circuit;

an alarm module in communication with the sensing module, the alarm module generating an alarm in response to the sensing module sensing an electrical field in the electrical circuit;

a fastener alternating between a fastened position and a unfastened position, wherein the fastener fastens the wrist strap in the fastened position; and

wherein the fastener comprises a conductive interface that activates the sensing module in response to the fastener being in a fastened position.

20. The wrist strap of claim 19, further comprising a finger loop configured to be worn on a finger, the finger loop comprising a sensing receiver in communication with the sensing module, the sensing receiver configured to react with the electrical field to generate a signal.