The invention provides for an electronic functional device such as an isolator/barrier for input/output process connection to a plurality of field devices possibly operating in a hazardous environment, the functional device having mounted there-to a disconnect element, such as a knife disconnect element, so as to be associated therewith and to provide disconnect functionality between the field devices and the isolator/barrier device, the mounting of the disconnect element at the isolator/barrier device also serving to provide further indication of the field device associated with the disconnect element.
A system for locating an asset can include a first visible light communication (VLC) device having a first controller, a first transceiver, and a first light source, where the first transceiver has a first range, where the first controller broadcasts, using the first transceiver, a first communication signal, where the first communication signal comprises an identification of the asset. The system can also include an asset communication device associated with the asset, where the asset communication device includes a second transceiver and a second controller, where the second transceiver has a second range, where the asset communication device is within the first range, where the second controller broadcasts, using the second transceiver, a second communication signal in response to the first communication signal, where the second communication signal comprises the identification of the asset.
H04B 10/00 - Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
G06K 19/07 - Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards with integrated circuit chips
G06Q 10/08 - Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
A splice plate for a cable tray facilitates proper longitudinal spacing between first and second cable tray sections. The splice plate may include spacing indicia that indicates to a user longitudinal spacing between the longitudinal ends of the first and second cable tray sections when the splice plate is fastened to the first and second cable tray sections. The splice plate may include a window that allows at least one of the longitudinal ends of the respective first and second cable tray sections to be visible when the splice plate is fastened to the first and second cable tray sections. The splice plate may include a machine readable marking including a machine readable representation of a web address that directs a hand-held device including a processor to a webpage including instructions for using the splice plate.
H02G 3/06 - Joints for connecting lengths of protective tubing to each other or to casings, e.g. to distribution box; Ensuring electrical continuity in the joint
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Systems, methods, and devices for diagnosing integrity of electrical conductor-carrying systems
A system for diagnosing integrity of an electrical conductor-carrying system can include an electrical conductor-carrying network having a number of electrical conductor-carrying devices mechanically coupled to each other, where at least a portion of the electrical conductor-carrying network is made of electrically conductive material. The system can also include a number of sensor modules coupled to the electrical conductor-carrying network. The system can further include a control unit communicably coupled to the sensor modules. The sensor modules can measure at least one impedance in the electrical conductor-carrying devices of the electrical conductor-carrying network.
A high amperage circuit breaker and terminal isolation fastener cap is disclosed. The circuit breaker includes a base having a cavity formed in a top surface thereof, with a mounting hole located within the cavity. Input and output terminal studs are secured to the base and are positioned in a side-by-side arrangement. The hinged fastener cap comprises a fastener receptacle positioned within the cavity of the base and a cover member rotatably attached to the fastener receptacle via a hinge member, such that the cover member may be rotated to a closed position relative to the fastener receptacle. The cover member includes a dividing flange formed thereon that, when the cover member is in the closed position, forms at least part of a dividing structure positioned between the input and output terminal studs to provide electrical isolation therebetween.
An electrical system can include a power supply coupled to an electrical load, where the power supply includes an AC/DC converter and a number of DC/DC converters, where the AC/DC converter provides raw DC power to the DC/DC converters, where the DC/DC converters receive the raw DC power and generate final DC power for the electrical load. The electrical system can also include a controller coupled to the power supply, where the controller selectively enables and disables the DC/DC converters.
H02M 1/084 - Circuits specially adapted for the generation of control voltages for semiconductor devices incorporated in static converters using a control circuit common to several phases of a multi-phase system
H05B 33/08 - Circuit arrangements for operating electroluminescent light sources
H02M 1/14 - Arrangements for reducing ripples from dc input or output
H02M 1/00 - APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF - Details of apparatus for conversion
A fitting splice plate connects a cable tray fitting to a cable tray section. The fitting splice plate includes a guard extending in an outboard direction from a second longitudinal portion of a plate body adjacent a first longitudinal portion of the plate body. The guard is adjacent one of an upper side and a lower side of the second longitudinal portion. The fitting splice plate may include both upper and lower guards.
H02G 3/06 - Joints for connecting lengths of protective tubing to each other or to casings, e.g. to distribution box; Ensuring electrical continuity in the joint
F16B 7/18 - Connections of rods or tubes, e.g. of non-circular section, mutually, including resilient connections using screw-thread elements
H02G 3/04 - Protective tubing or conduits, e.g. cable ladders or cable troughs
A light fixture can include a housing having at least one wall and a collar limiting feature disposed at a top end of the at least one wall. The light fixture can also include a collar disposed around the at least one wall, where the collar abuts against the collar limiting feature and is rotatable relative to the housing, where the collar includes a first cover coupling feature. The light fixture can further include a cover coupled to the collar, where the cover includes a first collar coupling feature, where the first collar coupling feature couples to the first cover coupling feature of the collar. The housing can be rotatable relative to the collar and the cover when the cover is decoupled from the collar, where the housing can be held in a fixed position relative to the collar and the cover when the cover is coupled to the collar.
F21V 21/00 - Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips
F21V 25/12 - Flameproof or explosion-proof arrangements
F21V 5/04 - Refractors for light sources of lens shape
H01Q 1/42 - Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome
H01Q 19/06 - Combinations of primary active antenna elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the antenna a desired directional characteristic using refracting or diffracting devices, e.g. lens
F21V 29/77 - Cooling arrangements characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks with fins or blades with essentially identical diverging planar fins or blades, e.g. with fan-like or star-like cross-section
F21V 29/83 - Cooling arrangements characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks the elements having apertures, ducts or channels, e.g. heat radiation holes
F21V 15/01 - Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts
F21V 17/02 - Fastening of component parts of lighting devices, e.g. shades, globes, refractors, reflectors, filters, screens, grids or protective cages with provision for adjustment
F21V 17/10 - Fastening of component parts of lighting devices, e.g. shades, globes, refractors, reflectors, filters, screens, grids or protective cages characterised by specific fastening means or way of fastening
F21V 23/06 - Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices the elements being coupling devices
G01V 8/12 - Detecting, e.g. by using light barriers using one transmitter and one receiver
A housing for a light fixture includes at least one wall that forms a cavity and a light source housing portion, where the at least one wall includes a thermally-conductive material, where the light source housing portion is configured to receive at least one light source. The housing can also include a wireway disposed between the cavity and the light source housing portion. The housing can further include multiple heat sink fins that extend from an outer surface of the at least one wall. The housing can also include at least one air throughway that exposes at least a portion of the wireway between the at least one wall and the light source housing portion, where the at least one air throughway allows air to pass over the portion of the wireway, where the at least one air throughway is formed independent of the heat sink fins.
F21S 4/00 - Lighting devices or systems using a string or strip of light sources
F21V 25/12 - Flameproof or explosion-proof arrangements
F21V 29/77 - Cooling arrangements characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks with fins or blades with essentially identical diverging planar fins or blades, e.g. with fan-like or star-like cross-section
F21V 29/83 - Cooling arrangements characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks the elements having apertures, ducts or channels, e.g. heat radiation holes
F21V 15/01 - Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts
F21V 17/02 - Fastening of component parts of lighting devices, e.g. shades, globes, refractors, reflectors, filters, screens, grids or protective cages with provision for adjustment
F21V 17/10 - Fastening of component parts of lighting devices, e.g. shades, globes, refractors, reflectors, filters, screens, grids or protective cages characterised by specific fastening means or way of fastening
F21V 23/06 - Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices the elements being coupling devices
G01V 8/12 - Detecting, e.g. by using light barriers using one transmitter and one receiver
F21V 19/00 - Fastening of light sources or lamp holders
H01Q 1/00 - ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS - Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
H05B 33/08 - Circuit arrangements for operating electroluminescent light sources
F21V 5/04 - Refractors for light sources of lens shape
H01Q 1/42 - Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome
H01Q 19/06 - Combinations of primary active antenna elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the antenna a desired directional characteristic using refracting or diffracting devices, e.g. lens
An adapter for testing electrical equipment can include a first receptacle end having at least one first coupling feature, where the at least one first coupling feature is configured to couple to a power source and a first electrical device, where the first receptacle end is configured to receive from the power source at least one first test signal and send the at least one first test signal to the first electrical device. The adapter can also include a sensing device configured to receive at least one first response signal from the first electrical device, where the at least one first response signal is in response to and based on the first electrical device receiving the at least one first test signal.
A twist-locking fitting for securing a strut to a rod includes first and second fitting pieces. Each fitting piece includes a half-nut portion having an interior surface defining an axis extending through first and second axial ends of the half-nut portion. Each fitting piece includes an outer flange extending outward from adjacent the first axial end of the half-nut portion and an inner flange extending outward from adjacent the second axial end of the half-nut portion. The inner flange is spaced axially apart from the outer flange to define a clearance gap. The fitting pieces are positionable on the strut in an unsecured position in which the fitting pieces are movable relative to one another. The fitting pieces are rotatable relative to the strut to move from the unsecured position to a secured position, in which the fitting pieces are fixed relative to one another on the strut.
F16B 37/04 - Devices for fastening nuts to surfaces, e.g. sheets, plates
F16L 3/24 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets with special member for attachment to profiled girders
F16M 13/02 - Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
F16B 7/18 - Connections of rods or tubes, e.g. of non-circular section, mutually, including resilient connections using screw-thread elements
F16L 3/10 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing divided, i.e. with two members engaging the pipe, cable or protective tubing
F16B 37/08 - Quickly-detachable nuts, e.g. consisting of two or more parts; Nuts movable along the bolt after tilting the nut
A remote battery charger, comprising a DC-to-DC converter, able to accept a first DC current with a voltage of less than 13 VDC and able to produce, from said first DC current, a second DC current of at least a 15 amps at a voltage of at least 13.5 VDC, provided an adequate first DC current level. Also, the charger includes a current acceptance reduction input, whereby when said input is activated said DC-to-DC converter reduces its acceptance of said first DC current.
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
H02M 5/27 - Conversion of ac power input into ac power output, e.g. for change of voltage, for change of frequency, for change of number of phases without intermediate conversion into dc by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a thyratron or thyristor type requiring extinguishing means for conversion of frequency
G08B 21/00 - Alarms responsive to a single specified undesired or abnormal condition and not otherwise provided for
G05F 1/00 - Automatic systems in which deviations of an electric quantity from one or more predetermined values are detected at the output of the system and fed back to a device within the system to restore the detected quantity to its predetermined value or val
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Supercapacitor engine starting system with charge hysteresis
An internal combustion motor assembly, including an internal combustion motor, a starter and a battery. In addition, the motor assembly includes a capacitor assembly, a capacitor charging assembly and a conductive network, logic and controlled switching assembly adapted to place the internal combustion motor into one of a set of states. This set includes a first state in which the capacitor assembly is receiving charge from the capacitor charging assembly but is not electrically connected to the starter; a second state in which the capacitor assembly is electrically connected to and powers the starter; and a third state in which both the battery and the capacitor assembly are electrically connected to and power the starter. The logic and controlled switching assembly places the internal combustion motor assembly into the third state after it has been in the second state and a set of criteria is met.
A system and method according to which one or more sliders are actuated in order to, for example, operate one or more switches such as, for example, one or more circuit breaker switches.
A fuse state indicator includes a housing, first and second fuse terminals extending from said housing, an actuator assembly disposed within said housing, and a magnetically actuated contact assembly disposed within said housing is provided. The contact assembly is responsive to the actuator assembly.
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