| US 7,482,535 B2 | ||
| Electrical wiring safety device for use with electrical wire | ||
| Robert Jay Sexton, Carrollton, Ga. (US); Fred Lane Martin, Carrollton, Ga. (US); and Charles Alexander Garris, Carrollton, Ga. (US) | ||
| Assigned to NeWire, Inc., Knoxville, Tenn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 31, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/932,871. | ||
| Application 11/932871 is a continuation of application No. 11/437992, filed on May 19, 2006, granted, now 7,217,884. | ||
| Application 11/437992 is a continuation of application No. 10/790055, filed on Mar. 02, 2004, granted, now 7,145,073. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/500350, filed on Sep. 05, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0047735 A1, Feb. 28, 2008 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. H01B 11/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 174—36 [174/110 R; 174/113 R; 174/117 F; 174/117 FF] | 20 Claims |
| 1. An electrical wiring system, comprising:
an electrical wire, comprising (i) at least one electrifiable conductor for delivering electrical power, (ii) first and second
insulating layers formed on opposing sides of the at least one electrifiable conductor, (iii) first and second return conductors
formed on the first and second insulating layers respectively, such that the at least one electrifiable conductor is at least
substantially entrapped by the first and second return conductors, (iv) third and fourth insulating layers respectively formed
on the first and second return conductors, and (v) first and second grounding conductors respectively formed on the third
and fourth insulating layers; and
an electrical safety device coupled to the electrical wire, wherein the electrical safety device tests the electrical wire
for at least one of a short or a miswire,
wherein the electrical safety device tests the electrical wire prior to the electrification of the electrical wire or subsequent
to the electrification of the electrical wire.
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