Patent ID: 9529401
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G05B,G05F,G06F,G08B

Claim Text:
1. A power device for automatically disconnecting a wired connection, the power device comprising: an input configured to receive AC power from an external power source; an output configured to provide a wired connection to an electronic device by providing the AC power received from the input to the electronic device via a live wire and a neutral wire that electrically connect the input to the output; a receiver configured to receive weather alert data, wherein the weather alert data includes a severe weather event indicating one or more of a thunderstorm, a tornado, a hurricane, an earthquake, a flood, or a tidal wave; a weather alert type; a weather alert location; and a weather event duration; and a control module coupled to the input, the output and the receiver, the control module including a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores one or more routines that are executable by the processor, wherein the control module is configured to perform one of two actions in response to identifying the weather alert type specified in the weather alert data, the two actions including: (i) a first action that communicates the weather alert data to a user and maintains the wired connection when the control module identifies that the weather alert type specified in the weather alert data matches an advisory type alert, and (ii) a second action that communicates the weather alert data to the user and automatically disconnects the wired connection by routing each of the live wire and the neutral wire to a ground with at least one relay switch disposed along each of the live wire and the neutral wire between the input and the output and simultaneously connecting the output to a battery back-up for the electronic device with additional relay switches disposed along the live wire and the neutral wire to prevent power loss to the electronic device when the control module identifies that the weather alert type specified in the weather alert data matches a warning type alert.