Patents by Inventor Norman Palmer

Norman Palmer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Sensing socket assembly
    Patent number: 7193335
    Abstract: A socket assembly enables a number of electrical appliances to be automatically isolated from, and reconnected to, an electrical power supply upon respectively switching off or on a “master” appliance. Generally, the assembly includes: a master electrical outlet and at least one slave electrical outlet, both connectable to a common power source; sensing means for sensing power drawn from the master electrical outlet; a controller operable to isolate the at least one slave electrical outlet from the power source when the sensing means detects a fall in power drawn from the master electrical outlet from a first, higher level to a second, lower level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: One Click (IP) Limited
    Inventors: Norman Palmer, Peter Steven Robertson, Ian Browne
  • Sensing socket assembly
    Publication number: 20060175903
    Abstract: A socket assembly enables a number of electrical appliances to be automatically isolated from, and reconnected to, an electrical power supply upon respectively switching off or on a “master” appliance. Generally, the assembly includes: a master electrical outlet and at least one slave electrical outlet, both connectable to a common power source; sensing means for sensing power drawn from the master electrical outlet; a controller operable to isolate the at least one slave electrical outlet from the power source when the sensing means detects a fall in power drawn from the master electrical outlet from a first, higher level to a second, lower level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2002
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Norman Palmer, Peter Robertson, Ian Browne