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Configurable wireless power control and management

US11036851B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 12, 2017
Grant dateJun 15, 2021
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Expiry dateAug 2, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W12/50
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A power control device for controlling the supply of electricity to an electrical apparatus or system. The power control device includes a microcontroller having an operating system with a firmware component that has at least one sandboxed software plug-in slot for accepting a communications protocol software plug-in to configure the microcontroller according to the communications protocol of the communications protocol software plug-in.

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