公开(公告)号：US20140132084A1

公开(公告)日：2014-05-15

申请号：US13674144

申请日：2012-11-12

申请人： LEVITON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.

发明人： Hoa Pham ,  Dan Wright ,  Jason Betournay ,  Subramanian Muthu

IPC分类号： H02J13/00

CPC分类号： H01R24/78 ,  H01R13/7038 ,  H01R25/006 ,  H01R2103/00 ,  Y10T307/944

摘要： A controllable electrical receptacle is disclosed. The electrical receptacle includes a housing having a pair of sockets suitable for receiving electrical plugs. The receptacle includes an antenna disposed beneath a cover portion of the receptacle. The antenna is configured to receive wireless signals from an occupancy sensor or other controller and to control power to the sockets based on the received signals. The antenna is also configured to transmit wireless signals. The antenna may be routed around the sockets to minimize interference caused by metal components of the receptacle. The antenna may be sandwiched between a pair of non-metal layers of the housing to avoid direct exposure to the environment while maintaining a desired performance. In one embodiment the antenna is a wire member received within a routing groove formed in a portion of the housing. The routing groove includes features for retaining the wire member in the groove.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种可控电插座。 电插座包括具有适于接收电插头的一对插座的壳体。 插座包括设置在插座的盖部分下方的天线。 天线被配置为从占用传感器或其他控制器接收无线信号，并且基于接收到的信号来控制插座的电力。 该天线也被配置为发送无线信号。 天线可以围绕插座布置以最小化由插座的金属部件引起的干扰。 天线可以被夹在外壳的一对非金属层之间，以避免直接暴露在环境中同时保持期望的性能。 在一个实施例中，天线是容纳在形成在壳体的一部分中的布线槽内的线材。 路由槽包括用于将线构件保持在槽中的特征。