Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wiring device with heat removal system
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Application No.: US15085060Application Date: 2016-03-30
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Publication No.: US10433455B2Publication Date: 2019-10-01
- Inventor: Ronald Jansen , Scott Freeman , Adam Kevelos , Will Ziegler , Ben Moadel
- Applicant: LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
- Applicant Address: US NY Melville
- Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- Current Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Melville
- Main IPC: H02G3/03
- IPC: H02G3/03 ; H05K7/20 ; H01R24/62 ; H01R24/76 ; H02G3/18 ; H01R13/10 ; H01R103/00 ; H01R107/00 ; H02G3/08

Abstract:
A wiring device includes a housing that encloses a line voltage port and/or a low voltage port for providing power to at least one removable load. The housing has an intake opening and an exhaust opening for drawing cooling air into the housing and for exhausting heated air. A fan is disposed within the housing and operates to move the air through the housing. A thermal load such as a heat sink or a transformer is positioned within the housing and receives cooling air to reduce the temperature of the load. The fan is energized when a sensed temperature in the housing exceeds a first predetermined threshold. Power to the line and/or low voltage port is reduced or shut off if the sensed temperature in the housing exceeds a predetermined value that is greater than the first predetermined threshold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170290195A1 WIRING DEVICE WITH HEAT REMOVAL SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-10-05
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