Electrical transmission or interconnection systems inventions 07/07

20070170779 - Activation system and method for passenger protection device: An activation system for a passenger protection device comprises a pair of communication wires, a central unit for detecting currents flowing in the communication wires, and a satellite unit for varying the currents flowing in the communication wires based on output data of an acceleration detection sensor. The central unit... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070170778 - Vehicle control unit and vehicle control method: A battery supplies electric power to electric equipments of the vehicle. An alternator generates the electric power and charges the battery when an engine of the vehicle is operated. An economical running control section is operable to perform an economical running in which the engine is automatically stopped when the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070170780 - Device for the feeding of auxiliary operating facilities for a fuel-electrically driven vehicle: A device for the feeding of auxiliary operating facilities for a fuel-electrically driven vehicle with a combustion engine is stated, which device comprises a generator driven by the combustion engine and a rectifier connected with a generator on the AC voltage side, wherein the rectifier on the DC voltage side... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070170781 - System and method for electrical energy switching and control in a vehicle: This invention discloses a device in a vehicle electrical system which determines the vehicle's operating conditions and facilitates the transfer of electrical energy between systems of electrical energy sources and their associated electrical loads based on the vehicle operating conditions. The device further determines the operating conditions of the systems... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael M. Ahmadshahi

20070170782 - 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.

20070170783 - Cost optimized redundant power supply with dual ac inputs: A cost optimized redundant power supply consists of a plurality of power units (PUs) wherein each PU has two AC front ends. Each of the two AC front ends receive power from separate AC power sources, and each produce an isolated DC output. The isolated DC outputs from the two... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20070170784 - Lamp system having power frequency carrier: The present invention provides a control device to automatically switch on or off a lamp by using a power frequency carrier transmitted in a power line.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070170785 - Ac/dc converter having single detectable input: An AC/DC input power converter including only a single input cable such that a user will never have to switch cabling, regardless if the cable is connected to an AC voltage source or a DC voltage source.... Agent: Jackson Walker LLP

20070164609 - Receiver and distribution unit for vehicle entertainment system: A receiver and distribution unit in a vehicle that includes a wireless receiver unit and a signal processor. The wireless receiver unit receives a first signal wirelessly from a cellular network. The signal processor decodes the first signal into a second signal for output to a display and a sound... Agent: Frank Chau, Esq. F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070164610 - Propellant anti-theft system: A propellant anti-theft system can not only perform permission/stop of operation of a vehicle in a simple and easy manner without using a key, but also suppress the theft and reuse of vehicle parts. The system includes a portable device and an on-board device installed on the vehicle, and further... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070164611 - Actuator for an electric push-button switch, particularly in vehicles: The invention relates to an actuator for an electric push-button switch (30) comprising a housing shell (10) in whose shell opening (13) a holding plate (20) is placed. A holding suspension, together with outer stops (21) and outer counterstops (11) between the holding plate (20) and the holding housing permit... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070164612 - Decentralized power generation system: The invention relates to a decentralized power generation system comprising a plurality of decentralized power generating units (11,12;13,14). In order to enable an optimized control of these power generating units while enabling at the same time a high security in the system, it is proposed that the system further comprises... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070164613 - Power supply apparatus: An uninterrupted power supply unit is provided with a straightforward switch connected between a power source and a load to supply or interrupt a power to a system. The combination of the outputs from two kinds of single phase inverters enables compensating for a variation in the system voltage in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070164614 - Circuit arrangement for voltage selection, and method for operating a circuit arrangement for voltage selection: The circuit arrangement includes a first and a second input to supply a first and a second supply voltage and also an output. The circuit arrangement includes a first transistor, which is connected between the first input and the output, and a second transistor, which is connected between the second... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates, LLC National City Bank Building

20070159006 - Power supply apparatus and display apparatus having the same: A power supply apparatus and display apparatus having the same are provided for outputting power, in which a standby mode selecting unit switches on and off a standby mode, a standby power supplying unit outputs standby power of a predetermined magnitude in the standby mode and temporarily outputs first auxiliary... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070159005 - Process and device for regulating the luminous intensity of indicator lights of a piece of monitoring and control equipment in an airplane cockpit: In order to adjust the luminance of indicator lights of a piece of monitoring and control equipment for an airplane, the control for regulating luminous intensity of legends and displays is used as a means for acting on the luminance value of the indicator lights. When the indicator lights are... Agent: Perman & Green

20070159007 - Energy storage system for electric or hybrid vehicle: A battery load leveling system for an electrically powered system in which a battery is subject to intermittent high current loading, the system including a first battery, a second battery, and a load coupled to the batteries. The system includes a passive storage device, a unidirectional conducting apparatus coupled in... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070159008 - Circuit for illuminating multiple light emitting devices: A single drive circuit is configured to drive disparate current loads of first and second combinations of compact light emitting devices with respective regulated constant currents. Standard push ON, push OFF latching switches provide independent control of the two lighting loads wherein each switch operates in three states including momentary... Agent: Stephen S. Mosher Whitaker, Chalk, Swindle & Sawyer, LLP

20070159009 - Method of using a single pole single throw switch to provide three operative states: A method of using a single pole, single throw switch having normally open contacts in a conductive path in a non-intuitive manner in an electric circuit to sequentially provide three operable states including latched engagement (path closed, circuit OFF), momentary disengagement (path opened, circuit ON momentarily), and latched disengagement (path... Agent: Stephen S. Mosher Whitaker, Chalk, Swindle & Sawyer, LLP

20070152507 - Uninterruptible power supply: An uninterruptible power supply of the type provided with a cooling system for controlling the temperature of its components which generate heat the most, the cooling system being of the type with a refrigeration cycle and having a refrigeration container inside which at least one of the components which generate... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20070152504 - Modular wiring harnesses: A system for making up wiring harnesses includes a base harness having a set of flexible multi-conductor cables and a set of supplementary wiring harnesses adapted to connect in a particular location of said base harness. The connection area does not have a multi-conductor replaceable connector to the base harness,... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070152502 - Power supply control system for a vehicle trailer: A controller is usable with a tractor that has a power supply and a trailer that has first and second auxiliary devices. The controller is configured to selectively enable and disable each of the auxiliary devices based on a predetermined set of device disabling conditions wherein: When any of the... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20070152503 - Vehicle connector lockout apparatus and method of using same: According to the present invention, a vehicle connector lockout apparatus capable of being connected to the diagnostic port of a vehicle is provided. The preferred embodiment of the invention uses a raised protrusion, located in the common space below the two rows of pin spacing of the diagnostic port, as... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20070152505 - Multiple-output power device, and mobile device using the same: A multiple-output power device has a plurality of regulators for outputting regulated voltages; a plurality of power terminals for supplying an input voltage to the respective regulators; and a plurality of output terminals for outputting regulated output voltages from the plurality of regulators to the outside.... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070152506 - Telecommunications megasite with backup power system: The present invention is an energy generating system for a telecommunications megasite which uses fuel cells and capacitors to backup a commercially available primary source of power.... Agent: Sprint Communications Company L.p.

20070152508 - Foot controller: A foot controller for a microsurgical system that includes a body, a switch disposed on the body, and a switch guard coupled to the body and disposed in a spaced relationship to an outer surface of the switch.... Agent: Alcon

20070152509 - Method of correcting the output signal of an analog amplifier, amplifier module and measuring device: A method is disclosed for correcting transfer errors of an analog amplifier that occur following a jump in the amplifier input signal caused by switching. A measuring device includes at least one sensor as well as a signal-processing unit connected to the sensor and analog amplifier. The signal-processing unit includes... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070152510 - Voltage controller implemented in a low operation voltage device: When a low operation voltage device is idle and a voltage of an external power supply is larger than a predetermined voltage, a transistor with a high threshold voltage is turned on to provide electric power to the low operation voltage device. When the low operation voltage device is operating... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation