ELECTRICAL DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH INDICATORS

• US 20160086474A1
• Filed: 09/24/2015
• Published: 03/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GE Energy Power Conversion Technology Limited (GE Vernova, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: GE Energy Power Conversion Technology Limited (GE Vernova, Inc.)
• Inventors: ZHANG, Fan, ZHANG, Richard S., LI, Rui, LAN, Lin
• Application Number:
  US14/863,908
• Publication Number:
  US 20160086474A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/18 Status alarms G08B21/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/36 using visible light sources
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/00 Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

An electrical device comprises indicators used to indicate the operating status of the electrical device and/or the presence of hazardous voltage within the electrical device cabinet. The indicators comprise a lighting strip mounted on the outside of the device. The lighting strip can display different colors and/or flash according to the actual status of the electrical device.

Claims

1. An electrical device, comprising:

a status indicator for indicating an operation status of the electrical device and/or if there is a designated voltage level in a cabinet of the electrical device, wherein the status indicator comprises a light bar disposed on an exterior of the electrical device, the light bar configured to display different colors and/or blink in response to different operation statuses of the electrical device.

2. The electrical device according to claim 1, wherein the light bar comprises a LED panel.

3. The electrical device according to claim 1, wherein the light bar is configured to display two different colors and/or blink in response to a normal operation status and a fault status, respectively.

4. The electrical device according to claim 1, wherein the light bar is configured to display different colors and/or blink in response to an energized status, a normal operation status, a fault status, and a not-energized status, respectively.

5. The electrical device according to claim 4, wherein the light bar is configured to display yellow, green, red and blue in response to an energized status, a normal operation status, a fault status, and a not-energized status, respectively.

6. The electrical device according to claim 1, wherein the light bar is configured to display an image.

7. The electrical device according to claim 6, wherein the image comprises a product mark.

8. The electrical device according to claim 1, wherein the light bar comprises a horizontal wave shape strip.

9. The electrical device according to claim 1, further comprising three lamps of different colors, which indicate that there is a fault, the electrical device is in a normal operation status, and there is a system warning, respectively.

10. The electrical device according to claim 1, wherein the light bar comprises a plastic plate and a LED panel mounted around an edge of the plastic plate or at a bottom of the plastic plate, the plastic plate comprising a laser-engraved image and the LED panel capable of strengthening a reflection effect of the image by illuminating the image.