- Patent Title: Lighting relay panel features for improved safety and reliability
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Application No.: US15909152Application Date: 2018-03-01
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Publication No.: US10757769B2Publication Date: 2020-08-25
- Inventor: Shoumin Liu , Dalibor Zulim , Mark Norton , Richard Lee Westrick, Jr. , Ryan Zaveruha , Justin Bierschbach , Frank Pelliccio , Tiberiu Almasi
- Applicant: ABL IP Holding LLC
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
- Current Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: H05B37/03
- IPC: H05B37/03 ; H05B37/02 ; H02J9/06 ; H05B41/36 ; H01H47/18 ; G01R31/327 ; H01H47/00

Abstract:
A lighting relay panel may include lower-cost features or components related to improved safety and reliability. In some cases, the relay panel includes a power supply capable of protecting the panel from high-voltage and high-current transients. A microcontroller may determine a power interruption based on a zero-cross signal received from the power supply, and may also configure latching relays during the interruption. In some implementations, the relay panel includes a relay sense circuit that is capable of receiving actuation signals from multiple relays connected to different phases of a power signal, and the microcontroller may synchronize or repeat the actuations based on a signal from the relay sense circuit. The microcontroller may generate relay addresses based on the relay positions within the relay panel. In some cases, the relay panel may include isolation circuits that are capable of providing an isolated control signal having an improved voltage range.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180313896A1 Lighting Relay Panel Features for Improved Safety and Reliability Public/Granted day:2018-11-01
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