Electrical transmission or interconnection systems inventions 09/07

20070222291 - Vehicle security apparatus and system: A vehicle security apparatus is equipped with an immobilizer ECU, a remote security ECU, a communication ECU, and the like. The immobilizer ECU controls prohibition and permission of a drive operation of an engine based upon an identification signal transmitted from an electronic key. The immobilizer ECU also controls prohibition... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070222292 - Vehicle security apparatus and system: A vehicle security apparatus is equipped with an immobilizer ECU, a remote security ECU, a communication ECU, and the like. The immobilizer ECU controls prohibition and permission of a drive operation of an engine based upon an identification signal transmitted from an electronic key. The immobilizer ECU also controls the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070222293 - Vehicle security apparatus and system: A vehicle security apparatus is equipped with an immobilizer ECU, a remote security ECU, a communication ECU, and the like. The immobilizer ECU controls prohibition and permission of a drive operation of an engine based upon an identification signal transmitted from an electronic key. The immobilizer ECU also controls prohibition... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070222294 - Underfrequency load shedding protection system: An underfrequency load shedding protection system for stably managing a power system by recovering a power system frequency to within a predetermined range when the power system frequency drops. An underfrequency level detection unit judges an underfrequency level of the power system frequency when the power system frequency drops resulting... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates

20070222296 - Power adapter featuring multiple power outputs: In a power adapter having multiple power outputs, a first information handling system (IHS) is coupled to a first power output included by the multiple power outputs. A second IHS is coupled to a second power output included by the multiple power outputs. A controller is coupled to each IHS... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070222295 - System and method for power load management: A power load management system for regulating power demand from a distribution panel of a residence or building is disclosed. Load control switches placed in-line between circuit breakers of the distribution panel and the loads they control, such as a water heater, pump, AC unit etc., provide load feedback data... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC

20070222298 - High efficiency lighting system: A high efficiency lighting system maintains normal lighting conditions by lighting fixtures requiring DC electrical power. A power control device receives AC electrical power from a public utility converts AC power to DC power and delivers low voltage DC electrical power to lighting fixtures. A standby battery is provided to... Agent: Alfred M. Walker

20070222297 - Power supply device of an electronic device: A power supply device includes a DC power output module for outputting a DC power source, a DC power transformation module coupled to the DC power output module for transforming a voltage level of the DC power source, a diode including an input end coupled to an output end of... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070222299 - Waveform correction filters: A number of wave correction filters are disclosed which respond to power surges or spikes outside the intended frequency and/or voltage for a load device. The circuits respond to such undesired frequencies and voltage levels by sensing and separating them from the desired voltage and frequencies and connecting the energy... Agent: Law Offices Of John E. Wagner

20070222300 - A controller interface system: The interfacing of a controller having an output with components (e.g., a triac) that require more current to successfully drive than the amount of current that is drawn by the circuit or controller which is being driven. The extra current drawn may be efficiently used, rather than wasted, for other... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070222301 - Methods and apparatus for charging a battery in a peripheral device: A power manager for managing power delivered to a battery operated peripheral device is disclosed. The power manager includes an input current limiter arranged to suppress a power surge associated with an insertion event by a power cable arranged to provide an external voltage. A voltage converter unit coupled to... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP/apple Inc.

20070216227 - Vehicle electronic control unit: A vehicle electronic control unit includes a main control unit, a plurality of optional control units, sockets, and a connection unit. The main control unit performs common and essential functions for a vehicle. Each of the optional control units performs a different optional function for the vehicle based on a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070216225 - Vehicle junction box and method of controlling the same: A junction box having a number of relays for switching power from a power bus to a number of elements connected thereto. The junction box including a converter to control energy transfer from the power bus to a relay bus of the relays. The converter being controllable to provide power... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20070216226 - Power supply device for a vehicle: A high voltage power supply device has a plurality of battery modules connected to each other in series by coupling a safety plug unit to a safety plug unit connecting base to output a series voltage from a power supply output coupler. The safety plug unit connects/disconnects electrode terminals of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070216228 - Ups systems having multiple operation modes and methods of operating same: A power supply system includes an AC input configured to be coupled to an AC source, an AC output configured to be coupled to a load, a UPS having an input coupled to the AC input and an output coupled to the AC output and a bypass circuit coupled between... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070216229 - Ups methods, systems and computer program products providing adaptive availability: An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system includes a plurality of UPSs configured to be output paralleled. Availability information is communicated from the UPSs, and an aggregate availability of the UPSs is determined responsive to the communicated availability information. Parallel provision of power from the UPSs may be selectively enabled responsive... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070216230 - Marx generator: The functionally critical series connection of high-voltage-resistant resistors (Rn, R′n) in a Marx generator (11) is replaced according to the invention by a molding (12, 12′) composed of conductive plastic, which, depending on the configuration grouping of the capacitor bank (Cn), runs over the geometric series of capacitor connections (An,... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20070216231 - Switch module apparatus, single switch apparatus, and vehicle including the same: A single rocker switch apparatus includes a single rocker switch and a switch module operatively associated therewith. The rocker switch includes an operator having a non-actuated position, a first actuated position, a second different actuated position, and first and second outputs corresponding to the respective first and second actuated positions.... Agent: Martin J. Moran, Esq. Eaton Electrical, Inc.

20070216232 - Multi-functional safety power supply switch of touch screen type: The invention discloses a multi-function safety power supply switch of touch screen type. The switch includes a housing, a cover, a power supply input interface and a power supply output interface provided on the housing, a switching power source module provided in the housing, and a control circuit board connected... Agent: Anna Wu

20070210649 - Dc-dc converter control circuit, dc-dc converter, power supply unit, and dc-dc converter control method: An object of the present invention is to provide a DC-DC converter control circuit capable of maintaining, even when any one of a plural number of DC-DC converters enters the abnormal state due to the occurrence of a failure, a voltage relationship between the output voltage of the faulty DC-DC... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070210650 - Uninterruptible power supply, uninterruptible power supply system and shutdown processing program product: An uninterruptible power supply and its load device are connected by a network, and the load device to which power is fed by the uninterruptible device properly executes shutdown processing. Communication means 49 of uninterruptible power supplies 2 and 3 communicate with a load device 4 to which they themselves... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070210651 - Power converter for doubly-fed power generator system: An excitation power converter of a doubly-fed generator is protected from excess current to be caused by ground fault or system disturbance and operation continuity of the power converter is ensured. In a power converter system, in order not to flow excess current generated in secondary windings of the doubly-fed... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070210652 - Nested redundant uninterruptible power supply apparatus and methods: An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system includes at least three UPSs configured to be connected in parallel to a common load. The system further includes control circuitry configured to support at least two redundant groups among the UPSs and to support at least two redundant subgroups among at least one... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070205662 - Power source control circuit, power supply device, and control method for the same: A control circuit for a power supply device, a power supply device, and the like are provided in which the power supply device has a plurality of DC/DC converters provided for generating voltage while the mutual relationship of potential between the voltage outputs is maintained. The control circuit 20 in... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070205663 - Apparatus and method for distributing electrical power from a plurality of power sources among a plurality of electrical conductors: An apparatus for distributing electrical power from a plurality of power sources among a plurality of electrical conductors includes: (a) A plurality of power supply bus structures. Each respective power supply bus structure is coupled with at least one respective power source and presents a respective plurality of first electrical... Agent: Law Office Of Donald D. Mondul

20070205665 - Power tool with power supply circuit supplying different level dc voltages to different auxiliary devices: An electrically-driven power tool includes a power supply circuit capable of outputting a plurality of DC voltages different in level through conversion of a commercial AC voltage. A lamp and its associated switch are provided. When the switch is turned ON to light the lamp, the DC voltage is applied... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070205664 - Power supply device and power supply method: The power supply device of the present invention supplies power highly reliably by suppressing an increase in costs even when a multiplicity of load groups are present. When operating normally, each of the normal power supply units supplies power via a normal path to each of the load groups. One... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20070205666 - Automatic sensing power systems and methods: An automatic sensing power system automatically determines a power requirement for an electrical device, converts power to the required level, and outputs the power to the electrical device when the electrical device is connected to the automatic sensing power system... Agent: Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC

20070205667 - Serial ata cable with light display feature: The present invention provides a SATA cable with light display feature, which is mainly used for the SATA cables for computer host and their peripheral devices. With the light display capability, the connection readiness status and the signal transmission conditions can be easily detected via the pins on the SATA... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070205668 - Power switch device: A power switching device which is used to receive plenty of input voltage and output a switch voltage is provided. The device comprises a first switching unit, a second switching unit, and a self-bias unit. The power switching device outputs a switch voltage according to the outputs of the first... Agent: J.c. Patents, Inc.

20070205669 - Battery optimized circuit and system on a chip: An optimized battery usage circuit for a comprehensive system-on-a-chip includes a first DC-to-DC converter operable to convert a battery voltage into a supply voltage when an alternate power source is not coupled to the comprehensive system-on-a-chip. A second DC-to-DC converter is operable to convert an alternate power source voltage into... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070205670 - Method and apparatus for generating multiway and forming multiway switch group: An apparatus for generating a multiway packet is provided. The apparatus includes a setting module that sets a multiway switch group by selecting multiple switches; a packet-generating module that generates a data packet according to the set multiway switch group; and a transmission module that transmits the generated data packet... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070205671 - Variable iris using charged opaque particles: According to the invention, the variable iris has a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate, which are separated by one or more ribs to form a cell confining charged opaque particles, the first transparent substrate being provided with at least a first electrode and a second electrode both... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC