Electrical transmission or interconnection systems inventions 03/07

20070069579 - Electrical power control system: An electrical power control system operable in a plurality of modes for use with a recreational vehicle or similar load to selectively control power thereto from either a utility power source or a generator power source comprising a power control stage coupled to the utility power source and the generator... Agent: Arthur W. Fisher Iii

20070069580 - Vehicle headlamp: A vehicle headlamp is provided with: a projector lens; a light source bulb; a reflector for reflecting direct light from the light source bulb to the front side; a movable shade; and an actuator for moving the movable shade between a shading position and a shading relieving position. The movable... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070069581 - Ac to dc converter circuit: An AC to DC converter circuit includes a main circuit including a first circuit and a second circuit connected to an AC power supply in parallel to each other, the first circuit including diodes and a switching device, the second circuit including diodes and a switching device. The switching devices... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070069582 - Forward converter: Usually, power supplies are not capable of switching off part of the outputs of a main power supply during stand-by. Due to this, stand-by power supplies are used in addition to operation power supplies. According to the present invention, a forward converter is provided, including switches in the rectifier circuit... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20070069583 - Apparatus for the redundant power supply of at least one load: In order to provide an apparatus for the redundant power supply of at least one load having a first converter, which can be connected to a first AC voltage system via a first connection, a second converter, which can be connected to a second AC voltage system via a second... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070069584 - Data storage system having cooling fan speed protection: A speed control system is provided for controlling temperature within a chassis. The chassis includes therein a temperature sensing device for producing a temperature signal representative of temperature within the chassis, a fan, and a fan speed controller. The fan speed controller produces a nominal fan speed control signal comprising... Agent: Richard M. Sharkansky

20070069585 - Fail safe redundant power supply in a multi-node computer system: A data processing system and method providing a jumper which provides standby power from a redundant power supply to one of at least two critical functions in a frame having bays for holding at least two nodes. The redundant power supply supplying power to one of the nodes in the... Agent: Lily Neff IBM Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20070069586 - Electrical power supply system having two batteries for an electric motor vehicle: An electrical power supply system for an electrically powered motor vehicle, said vehicle including an electric motor, and a transmission device for transmitting energy between the drive wheels and the motor, said vehicle further including electrical accessories, in particular an air-conditioning device. Said system comprises a first rechargeable battery serving... Agent: Nawrocki, Rooney & Sivertson Suite 401, Broadway Place East

20070069587 - Dual input power supply: A dual input power supply is provided, which comprises a dual input, a connector, a power converter circuit and an output. The dual input has a first input and a second input. The connector is an integrated magnetic element used for integrating the input powers having different power signals from... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070069588 - Submarine power feeding system having submarine feeding cables and power feeding branching devices: A submarine power feeding branching device comprises a constant current-constant current converter which isolates an input side for a trunk submarine cable from an output side for a branch submarine cable. The converter receives a first constant current and produces a second constant current by using the first constant current.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070069589 - Circuit for driving bus: A bus driving circuit includes a majority voter unit for comparing the number of logic high level bits with the number of logic low level bits among a predetermined number of bits of data; a latch unit for latching a first output signal in response to the compared result; and... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070069590 - Input/output module for a programmable controller: An input/output module for a programmable controller is provided that generates an output voltage and an output current from the power input. The input/output module functions as a power supply which re-emits or outputs at least some of the power input so that the occurrence of dissipation heat internally within... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070063586 - Device for establishing an electrical connection: A device for establishing an electrical connection between two parts, in particular vehicle parts, which can move such that they can pivot with respect to one another about an axis, a first part (3) being provided with a current transmitter unit (1), and a second part (4) being provided with... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070063587 - Storage system: In a RAID system, the power supplied to hard disks (HDDs) can be increased, and a plurality of types of HDDs can be installed. A plurality of HDD packs 33 are supplied with a single high voltage from a motherboard 28. The HDD packs 33 each accommodate, in a canister,... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070063588 - Method and apparatus for storing and protecting conduit: Taught herein is a manifold (10) for housing and outlet (24) and related conduit (19). The manifold (10) provides a means for gathering, storing and protecting excess conduit associated with the outlet and the conduit connected to the outlet (16). The manifold includes conduit apertures (15) to allow conduit to... Agent: Parks Knowlton - Pk001

20070063589 - Power supply having two switch-mode power supply units: The power supply has a first and a second SMPS, which both contain a transformer having a primary winding and at least one secondary winding. The power supply furthermore has a normal operation, in which both SMPS units are in operation, and a standby operation, in which the first SMPS... Agent: Thomson Licensing Inc.

20070057576 - Plug-n-play power system for an accessory in an aircraft: A power system for an aircraft is disclosed. The power system comprises a power module unit and at least one mounting rail detachably coupled to the power module unit. The mounting rail provides structural support and electrical power to the power module unit. A power system in one embodiment may... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070057577 - Automotive audio-video equipment providing a.c. power: For use in a vehicle, an in-dash or other d.c. powered audio-video component such as a head unit, DVD player, or the like, which has an a.c. electrical outlet located so as to be accessible to an occupant of the vehicle. The a.c. power is generated by a power inverter... Agent: Richard C. Calderwood

20070057578 - Noise suppressing circuit: A noise suppressing circuit comprises: a winding (11a) inserted to a conductor line (3) at a first point (P11); a winding (11b) coupled to the winding (11a); an injection signal transmission path (19); and an inductance element (13). The injection signal transmission path (19) has an end connected to the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070052293 - Opening/closing member control apparatus and method for detecting pinching: A power window device includes window glass, an elevating mechanism, and a control device for detecting pinching of a foreign object by the window glass. The control device calculates an amount (a rotation speed variation ΣΔωα) of the pinching based on a variation amount of an opening/closing speed of the... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20070052294 - Apparatus for providing high quality power: There is provided a system that includes (a) a power feed that distributes a high DC voltage in a building, where the high DC voltage is in a range of about 300 to 600 VDC, (b) a converter, coupled to the power feed, that receives the high DC voltage, and... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley, Buggiero & Perle, L.l.p.

20070052295 - Method and device for supplying at least one load: The invention relates to a method and a device for supplying at least one load consumer during a mains failure. According to said method, a plurality of batteries acts as an emergency voltage source during the failure of a mains voltage source in order to supply the load consumer(s). The... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20070052296 - More compact and higher reliability power source system: This invention features a more compact and higher reliability power source system for computing loads, the system including a high voltage DC bus connected to a number of DC sources each connected to the high voltage DC bus by a switch configured to deliver to the high voltage DC bus... Agent: Iandiorio & Teska

20070052297 - Voltage converter apparatus: A voltage converting device (1) receiving a input signal (Si1) having a high input voltage (Vi_high) and a low input voltage (Vi_low), converting a voltage level of the input signal (Si1), and outputting the input signal (Si1) as a output signal (So1), wherein the voltage converting device (1) comprises a... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20070052298 - Low-voltage module: The invention relates to a switchgear module (1) for controlling and monitoring an electric consumer in the outgoing feeder of low-voltage switchgear, said module comprising a communication interface for connecting to a bus system, a programmable controller and parametrisable safety functions and being configured from individually interchangeable components. Said module... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20070052299 - Safety plc: A safety PLC having duplex power supply circuits, includes: a first output-stage transistor; a first DC power supply that drives the first output-stage transistor; a second output-stage transistor; a second DC power supply that drives the second output-stage transistor; a signal transfer path that includes a resistor and connect the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070052300 - Power supply switching controller and method: A power supply switching controller for controlling on-off switching of an electronic device includes a microprocessor connected to a power supply, a communication unit connecting the microprocessor to the electronic device for communication between them, and a relay connected between the microprocessor and the electronic device. A power supply switching... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070046101 - Output voltage control apparatus for vehicular ac generator: There is provided an output voltage control apparatus for a vehicular AC generator in which a generator output voltage including a ripple component can be made to more approach a reference voltage. The control apparatus includes a comparison circuit to compare a detection voltage including a ripple component with a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070046102 - Sensor arrangement and method of supplying power to sensors therein: One aspect of the invention relates to a method of supplying power to a sensor arrangement including a first sensor and at least one second sensor which in each case have a first and a second supply terminal, and which can be operated in a first and a second operating... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja, P.l.l.c.

20070046103 - System for distributing ac power wthin an equipment rack: Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for supplying power to racks having plural servers. One exemplary embodiment is a system with a rack having a plurality of servers and being connected to two separate alternating current (AC) power grids that distribute power to the plurality of servers with load of... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070046104 - Electronic apparatus and computer-executable program: An information apparatus 1 receiving power from a portable power source 16 is provided with an external power receiving section 17 receiving the power by connection to non-portable power sources 20 and 21; an operation section SW switching supply and cutoff of the power from the non-portable power sources 20,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070046105 - Information handling system including a power supply unit with a power converter for supplying power to multiple outputs: An information handling system (“IHS”) includes a system board and a power supply unit, coupled to the system board. The power supply unit includes a power converter for supplying power to a first output and a second output, a switch, coupled to the power converter, for regulating power supplied to... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070046106 - Power supply circuit: A control circuit for a power supply circuit that selects an appropriate power source to continuously supply power. The control circuit includes a power synthesizing circuit for generating synthesized power by synthesizing a first power supplied from a regulator and a second power supplied from a regulator, or battery power... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Law Department

20070046107 - Portable electrical applicance with object sensing assembly: A portable electric appliance includes a housing, an electrically operable element positioned within the housing, a transmitter adapted to transmit a beam of radiation, and a receiver responsive to the beam of radiation. The transmitter is positioned external to the housing, and the receiver is positioned to receive the beam... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP