Patent ID: 7672104

Claim:
A current protection method for a power distribution unit, comprising the steps of: sampling a first current value of a first current flowing from a first power distribution outlet receptacle to a first load device through a first power cord that is plugged into the first power distribution outlet receptacle and a second current value of a second current flowing from a second power distribution outlet receptacle to a second load device through a second power cord that is plugged into the second power distribution outlet receptacle; comparing the first current value with a first predetermined current limit value and the second current value with a second predetermined current limit value; and interrupting only the first current flowing from the first power distribution outlet receptacle to the first load device in response to the first current value exceeding the first predetermined current limit value and interrupting only the second current flowing from the second power distribution outlet receptacle to the second load device in response to the second current value exceeding the second predetermined current limit value wherein the power distribution unit includes a power cord for plugging into an outlet receptacle.