Electrical transmission or interconnection systems inventions 10/07

20070247004 - Uninterruptible power supply capable of providing sinusoidal-wave output ac voltage: Provided is an uninterruptible power supply for providing a sinusoidal-wave output AC voltage. The uninterruptible power supply is advantageous in terms of a DC/DC converter unit consisted of a plurality of DC/DC converter, in which the input terminals of the DC/DC converters are connected in parallel with each other and... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070247003 - Power supply system and method for supplying power to a vehicle: A power supply system is provided that can operate with energy storage units of varying voltages and temperatures, that can correct voltage and temperature deviations, and that can continue to provide power when an energy storage unit is inoperable. A power supply system is also provided that can recondition an... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20070247005 - Apparatus and method for inductive power transfer: Apparatus is disclosed for allowing an inductive power distribution system pick-up to be located at an extended distance from the system primary conductive path. The apparatus has an elongate housing (40) which has a first coil (14) at one end to receive energy from a magnetic field associated with the... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070247006 - Charge limited high voltage switch circuits: High voltage switches are configured with a junction transistor driven with a transformer coupled AC drive signal in the common base configuration or driven by a capacitor coupled charge pump. The high voltage switches may be configured as half wave or full wave switches wherein the junction transistor is driven... Agent: Powerdsine Ltd.

20070241616 - Low cost, low power loss uninterruptible power supply: The present invention presents an uninterruptible power supply device including an input circuit coupled between a voltage input terminal and a rectifier circuit, in which the input circuit includes a boost choke being charged with an AC current received from the voltage input terminal for providing a boosted AC voltage... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070241612 - Periodically operated windshield wipers system and method: Disclosed is a system and method for removing accumulation from a windshield or other glass surface of a vehicle. A Winter Mode is added to the conventional wiper system control level. The Winter Mode is generally activated by a vehicle operator prior to the operator leaving the vehicle. In one... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070241613 - Circuit diagnostics switch system: A switch system comprising a detection device that operates in first and second modes and that conducts first and second currents based on the first and second modes, respectively. A control module input circuit outputs first and second voltages based on the first and second currents. The switch system further... Agent: Christopher Devries General Motors Corporation

20070241614 - Vehicle bus control system: A vehicle power bus control system including a control module having a communication interface and a device having a communication interface for communicating with the control module wherein the control module is adapted to transfer at least one electrical limit value to the device, and wherein the device is adapted... Agent: Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP

20070241615 - Switched outlet module and method therefor: A switched outlet module which controls power to one or more electrically powered devices which are connected to the module and which are under the control of a wall switch has a plurality of output jacks. A first pair of output jacks are switched outlet jacks and a second pair... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20070241617 - Output suppressing method of a plurality of dispersed power sources and dispersed power source managing system: Regarding output suppression control of a plurality of dispersed power sources linked to a high-voltage-to-low-voltage transformer of a commercial power system, the partiality of the output suppression of a plurality of dispersed power sources is eliminated and, cost increase of the dispersed power sources is prevented. If a voltage at... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070241618 - Intelligent battery switching circuit block for portable devices: The present invention provides an intelligent battery switching circuit block for a portable device comprising a comparator which compares the voltages of a main battery and an external battery and which outputs a HIGH or LOW indication of the result of the comparison; and a circuit for selecting the main... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070241619 - High voltage pulse generating circuit: In a high voltage pulse generating circuit, inductive energy is accumulated in an inductor due to electrical continuity of a first semiconductor switch by turning on a second semiconductor switch, and a high voltage pulse is generated by the inductor due to turning off of the first semiconductor switch by... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070236086 - Circuit board: A transmitter IC is disposed on a first substrate. The transmitter IC supplies a pair of differential signals. A pair of bus lines is disposed on the first substrate. The pair of bus lines has each connection to receive the pair of differential signals. A terminating register is disposed on... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070236087 - Backup community power: An improved method and apparatus for providing backup community power. The improved system is able to deliver power to a community in the event of power failure of the lines feeding it by way of a large scale generator being integrated with the existing power lines in a community and... Agent: R. Bennett Ford

20070228829 - Vehicle theft prevention device: A theft prevention device makes an ECU operable by transmitting a second ID code to the ECU from a keyset when an input code agrees with a first ID code. A device is provided for inputting a second reference code which is collated with a second ID code provided to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070228834 - Uninterruptible power supply apparatus: An uninterruptible power supply device connects a battery for power-outage backup to the output side of an AC/DC converter. An input monitoring circuit monitors alternating current input of the AC/DC converter and outputs an alternating current input monitor signal E1. An output monitoring circuit monitors the direct current output of... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070228826 - Modular, extensible electrical and communication systems, methods, and devices: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a flexible, extensible, modular approach to electrical and communication system architecture in a vehicle. In accordance with certain embodiments of the present invention, standardized, high-volume housings and components referred to as Plug-In Modules (PIMs) are used in vehicle electrical centers. By carefully designing standardized PIMs,... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070228827 - Synchronous or asynchronous multi layer data link communication between a multi-functional data bus interface and a transponder bypass for automotive aftermarket security system and/or remote car starter: A multi layer data link communication system for a vehicle having a remote starter/alarm system, a vehicle computer and an OEM security interface. The system includes a multi-functional data bus interface module for sending control commands to the vehicle computer. The system also includes a transponder bypass module in communication... Agent: Robic

20070228828 - Method to limit interference to passive start and entry systems: A vehicle passive start and entry system includes a controller that sends signals through a low frequency antenna to an identification device. The low frequency antenna is disposed within the vehicle cabin and proximate a source that generates extraneous electronic noise that may interfere with the transmission between the passive... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070228830 - Method and architecture for power management of an electronic device: A method of reducing static power consumption in a low power electronic device. The electronic device including one or more power islands, each power island including: a local storage capacitor coupling a local power grid to a local ground grid; and a functional circuit connected between the local power grid... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070228831 - Universal dc power: A power converter capable of providing a range of DC voltages to an external device and a method of providing a range of DC power are provided. The power converter comprises a supply circuit for receiving a request for DC power and for providing the requested DC power. The supply... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070228832 - Power manager with selective load reduction: In some embodiments, a power manager may be coupled to a load circuit and configured to receive an input signal indicating a line disturbance on a power supply line and to reduce a load requirement of the load circuit in accordance with the received signal. The power manager may be... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070228833 - Controlling inductive power transfer systems: An inductive power transfer system comprises a primary unit 10, having a primary coil 12 and an electrical drive unit 14 which applies electrical drive signals to the primary coil so as to generate an electromagnetic field. The system also comprises at least one secondary device 30, separable from the... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20070228835 - Backup power system for electrical appliances: A backup power system for household or structural appliances that normally receives power from a primary power source, and is not an uninterruptible power system. Included are batteries, a battery charger, a power interface interconnecting the primary power source and the backup power system, power relays that comprise a switching... Agent: Diran Varzhabedian

20070228836 - Power generation system and method: A power generation system includes a grid converter configured to convert AC power from a grid into grid-originated DC power. The power generation system also includes a source converter configured to convert power from a source into source-originated DC power. An intermediate bus is configured to receive the grid-originated DC... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070228837 - Apparatus for and methods of polyphase power conversion: In one aspect, a polyphase power converter includes an input adapted to couple to a polyphase AC source, a positive DC output, and a negative DC output. The polyphase power converter also includes a first plurality of circuits and a second plurality of circuits. In one embodiment, each of the... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070228838 - System, method, and article of manufacture for controlling operation of an electrical power generation system: A system, a method, and an article of manufacture for controlling operation of an electrical power generation system are provided. The electrical power generation system has a plurality of electrical generators electrically coupled to an electrical grid. The method includes obtaining a first output parameter value associated with the electrical... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070228839 - Connector: The present invention is to provide a connector, which includes a casing; a first signal transmitting unit having a portion protruded from the casing and another portion extended into the casing; a second signal transmitting unit disposed in the casing and electrically coupled to the first signal transmitting unit; a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070228841 - Galvanically isolated direct current transducer: The invention relates to a switching device for galvanically isolated 1:1 transmission of a direct current signal, with a transformer (3) comprising a primary coil (1) and a secondary coil (2), wherein the primary coil (1) is powered with alternating current derived from an input direct current (I1) and the... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070228840 - Switchable on-die decoupling cell: In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes a switchable on-die decoupling cell. The switchable on-die decoupling cell includes a decoupling device and a device damping element. The device damping element can serve as a digital. The damping element may be switched off in a low power mode to preserve... Agent: RyderIPLaw C/o Intellevate

20070228842 - Apparatus and method for controlling power supplied to fixing unit: An apparatus and method for controlling the power supplied to a fixing unit are provided. The apparatus includes a voltage detector detecting a voltage of input power supplied to heat at least one heating lamp, a synch signal generator generating a synch signal in response to the detected voltage, a... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070228843 - Causing operation of load in alternate, reduced peak power mode: A system of one embodiment is disclosed that includes a load, a power supply, and a mechanism. The load is operable in a default mode and an alternate mode. The load has better performance in the default mode than in the alternate mode, and consumes less peak power in the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company