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Safety electrical outlet with logic control circuit

  • US 6,552,888 B2
  • Filed: 01/22/2001
  • Issued: 04/22/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electrical safety outlet having contact friction apertures for accepting non-ground blades of a plug to provide power to an electrical appliance, the electrical outlet comprisesan electrically controlled switch;

  • and intelligent circuitry for controlling the power flow received from a power source via the electrically controlled switch to the electrical safety outlet, the intelligent circuitry includes a source disposed between the contact friction apertures, and at least one sensor for determining full and proper plug insertion into the outlet, the at least one sensor being disposed so as to receive emissions from the source after passing through only the associated contact friction aperture.

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