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States
Patent
Ewing
et
al.
US008549067B2
US
8,549,067
B2
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NETWORKABLE
ELECTRICAL
POWER
DISTRIBUTION
PLUGSTRIP
WITH
CURRENT
DISPLAY
AND
METHOD
OF
USE
Inventors:
Carrel
W.
Ewing,
Reno,
NV
(US);
Brian
P.
Auclair,
Reno,
NV
(US);
Andrew
J.
Cleveland,
Reno,
NV
(U
S);
James
P.
Maskaly,
Sparks,
NV
(US);
Dennis
W.
McGlumphy,
Sun
Valley,
NV
(US);
Mark
J.
Bigler,
Eugene,
OR
(Us)
Assignee:
Server
Technology,
Inc.,
Reno,
NV
(Us)
Notice:
Subject
to
any
disclaimer,
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term
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N0.:
13/091,082
Filed:
Apr.
20,
2011
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US
2011/0296224
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1,2011
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OTHER
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IBM
Technical
Disclosure
Bulletin,
“Remote
Environmental
Moni
tor
for
Unattended
Computer
Operations”,
Feb.
1990,
vol.
32,
pp.
264-266.*
(Continued)
Primary
Examiner
*
Haresh
N
Patel
(74)
Attorney,
Agent,
or
Firm
*
Perkins
Coie
LLP
(57)
ABSTRACT
A
power
management
device
can
include
a
power
manage
ment
device
housing,
a
power
input
associated
with
the
power
management
device
housing,
and
a
plurality
of
power
outputs
associated
with
the
power
management
device
housing.
At
least
certain
power
outputs
can
be
connectable
to
one
or
more
electrical
loads
external
to
the
power
management
device
housing
and
to
the
power
input.
In
some
embodiments,
a
communications
bus
can
be
associated
with
the
power
man
agement
device
housing
and
one
or
more
power
control
sec
tions
can
also
be
associated
with
the
power
management
device
housing.
In
some
embodiments,
one
or
more
power
control
sections
can
communicate
with
the
communications
bus
and
with
one
or
more
corresponding
power
outputs
among
the
plurality
of
power
outputs.
In
some
embodiments,
a
power
information
display
can
communicate
with
the
com
munications
bus.
If
desired,
a
power
information
determining
section
can
be
associated
with
the
power
management
device
housing
and
in
communication
with
the
communications
bus.
The
power
information
determining
section
may
communi
cate
power-related
information
to
the
power
information
dis
play.
21 Claims,
8
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