Electrical transmission or interconnection systems inventions 04/08

20080093924 - Power supply control device for on-vehicle electrical loads: A power supply control device for on-vehicle electric loads is proposed, the control device being capable of detecting breakages at a plurality of electrical loads, a positive side wiring thereof, a negative side wiring thereof, and a commutation circuit. Energization of electrical loads from driving power supply is controlled using... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080093923 - System and method for controlling cycling of a vehicle contactor: A system and method for controlling cycling of high voltage contactors is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes generating a first contactor command and activating the contactor in response to the first contactor command. A timer is initiated upon generation of the first contactor command. The method also includes... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080093926 - Power device and power device power supply method: A power device of the present invention makes a plurality of DC/DC converters redundant, and supplies power individually to a plurality of disk drives. Each first DC/DC converter is respectively made correspondent to a subgroup. One first DC/DC converter is connected to the disk drives respectively inside one subgroup, and... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080093928 - Power outlet control device with usb controller(s): A Power Outlet Control Device with Serial Bus(es). It is a power socket that detects the working state of Electronic Device(s) through the Serial Bus and turns on or cuts off the power of the Electronic Device(s) according to the working state. The Power Control Socket Device with Serial Bus(es)... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080093929 - Power system for a telecommunications site: A reliable power supply solution for a telecommunications site provides a combined primary and backup source of electrical power. One system of the power supply solution includes one or more microturbine generators operable to produce AC electrical power as well as one or more rectifiers operable convert the AC electrical... Agent: Sprint Communications Company L.p.

20080093930 - Uninterruptible power supply device: An uninterruptible power supply device is proposed, which is designed for use in conjunction with an electronic system, such as a network server or a desktop computer, for providing an uninterruptible power supply to the electronic system. The proposed uninterruptible power supply device is characterized by the provision of a... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080093931 - Power supply voltage generating circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit device: Required minimum power supply voltage for a load circuit is maintained. Power supply voltage generating circuit 10 comprises a power supply circuit 11 that steps down a voltage of an external power supply VCC based on a reference voltage VREF and supplies it to a power supply VINT of a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080093922 - Armored flat cable signalling and instrument power acquisition: Measurement and/or control units located within a borehole are inductively coupled to a flat three phase power cable segment without piercing the armor around the cable. For drawing power from the cable, C-shaped, L-shaped or straight core(s) with winding(s) around at least a portion thereof are positioned proximate to one... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20080093925 - Passenger detection apparatus for detecting breakage on shield line without being affected by peripheral shield cables: A passenger detection apparatus includes sensors arranged on a seat in a vehicle; shield cables corresponding to the sensors, wherein one end the core wire is connected to the corresponding one of the sensors; a measurement signal output device for outputting a measurement AC signal; a device for detecting a... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080093927 - Modular power distribution unit system: Embodiments of a power distribution system for distributing power to one or more electronic components, such as electronic components mounted within an electronic equipment rack, can include a dedicated controller mountable within a power distribution rack and at least one power distribution unit electrically coupleable to the controller and mountable... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20080093932 - Arc flash enclosure: An enclosure assembly includes a first enclosure unit including a first door, a second enclosure unit, and a handle coupled to the second enclosure unit, the handle being operative so as to turn on or turn off power to the first enclosure unit, and wherein the first enclosure unit and... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080093933 - Systems and methods for providing redundant voltage regulation: Systems and methods for providing redundant voltage regulation are provided. A representative method incorporates: providing a first voltage regulator and a second voltage regulator, the second voltage regulator having output rectifiers; electrically connecting the first voltage regulator to a load such that the first voltage regulator independently powers the load;... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080093935 - Semiconductor device: An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device which can obtain the high potential necessary for writing data to a memory, using a small circuit area. In the present invention, by using as input voltage of a booster circuit not the conventionally used output VDD of... Agent: Eric Robinson

20080093934 - Wireless chip: The size of a wireless chip is often determined according to an antenna circuit thereof. Power source voltage or power supplied to the wireless chip can be more easily received with a larger antenna. On the other hand, there has been an increasing demand for a compact wireless chip, and... Agent: Eric Robinson

20080088178 - Self-excitation system: A self-excitation system includes a first transformer, a second transformer, a first self-excitation switching circuit and a second self-excitation switching circuit. The first transformer is electrically connected to the first self-excitation switching circuit and has a first resonance winding, a switching-control winding, a first synchronous switching-control winding and a first... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080088180 - Method of load shedding to reduce the total power consumption of a load control system: A lighting control system is operable to control the amount of power delivered to a plurality of electrical loads. The lighting control system includes load control devices (such as digital electronic dimming ballasts), motorized window treatments, controllers, processors, and personal computers. The personal computer is preferably executing a graphical user... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080088182 - Transfer switch with multiple power source disconnect: A transfer switch provides electric power to a load. The transfer switch includes a power switching device provided with electric power from a first power source and a second power source. During a disconnect mode, the transfer switch disconnects both the first and second power sources by causing a service... Agent: Martin J. Moran Eaton Electrical, Inc.

20080088184 - Power supply apparatus: A power supply apparatus is disclosed. The power supply apparatus comprises a determining device, an identifier, a multi-power-output selecting mechanism and a transmission mechanism, for selecting power in the form of varying voltage for outputting therefrom. Wherein the multi-power-output selecting mechanism is electrically connected to the determining device and the... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd

20080088177 - Intelligent direct current power supplies: A power supply including a power supplying connector, a direct current (DC) connector, an information extractor, power adaptor electronics, and variable voltage electronics. The information extractor being configured to extract digitally encoded data from a carrier wave. The digitally encoded data can specify power requirements of the DC power receiving... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080088179 - Switching power supply and electronic apparatus employing the same: In a switching power supply apparatus, an input voltage Vin applied to an input terminal is output from a first output terminal and a second output terminal after boosting or inverting of the voltage Vin. When a first and a fourth switches are turned on, a flying capacitor is charged.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080088181 - Handheld programmer for lighting control system: The invention regards a system and method for using a handheld programming device to configure a lighting control system wirelessly. In one embodiment, at least one device configured with a processing section is installed in the lighting control system. A communications receiver that is operable to receive a signal from... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080088183 - Integrated closed loop control method and apparatus for combined uninterruptible power supply and generator system: The present invention provides a method, computer program product, and apparatus and control system and method for providing substantially uninterrupted power to a load. The apparatus includes a control system coupled with an electrical power storage subsystem and a electrical power generator. The control system is configured to provide a... Agent: Trego, Hines & Ladenheim, PLLC

20080088185 - Auxiliary lighting system for vehicles: A vehicle lighting system has primary and auxiliary systems, which operate exclusively depending upon the selected operational mode. The problem addressed is availability of civilian vehicles for alternative operations including military operations, where the conventional lighting system cannot be used. The control arrangement mimics contemporary military systems, while meeting all... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20080088186 - Integrated power cell bypass assembly and power supply including same: A bypass assembly. The bypass assembly includes a plurality of movable terminals configured to mate with fixed terminals of a power cell of a power supply. At least one of the movable terminals and its corresponding fixed terminal collectively form a contact when the at least one of the movable... Agent: Elsa Keller

20080084112 - Multiple output multiple topology voltage converter: In some embodiments, a three-switch dual output buck converter includes a converter circuit having N+1 switch circuits, the converter circuit being configured to receive an input voltage and to provide N output voltages, where N is two or more, and a control circuit to selectively provide control signals to the... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, Llc

20080084113 - Signal transmission circuit: A signal transmission circuit having four lanes includes a constant voltage circuit to generate a constant voltage, a current supply circuit, and differential driver circuits respectively placed for the lanes. The current supply circuit receives a constant voltage from the constant voltage circuit and generates four currents having a value... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080084115 - Integrated lighting control panel with analog inputs/outputs: An electrical distribution system is provided for selectively connecting an electrical power source to load devices comprising a panel and a plurality of switching devices mounted in the panel. Each switching device is electrically connectable between an electrical power source and a load device for selectively delivering electrical power to... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080084114 - System controller for integrated lighting control panels: An electrical distribution system is provided for selectively connecting an electrical power source to load devices comprising a plurality of panelboards each having a plurality of load circuit positions. A plurality of pairs of circuit breakers and switching devices are each mounted in one of the load circuit positions. Each... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080084116 - Eib protocol in an integrated power distribution system: An electrical distribution system for selectively connecting an electrical power source to load devices comprises a plurality of panels. Each panel comprises a plurality of load control devices each for connection in a branch circuit to a load device, and an input/output (I/O) controller operatively connected to each of the... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080084117 - Methods and apparatuses for operating devices with solar power: Solar power tracking techniques are described herein. In one aspect of the invention, a solar power tracking apparatus includes, but is not limited to, a voltage converter and a controller coupled to the voltage converter. The voltage converter includes an input capable of being coupled to a solar power source... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080084118 - System and process for direct current power supply of an electrical network on board an aircraft: The invention relates to a system and a process for direct current power supply of electrical networks. This system comprises a system for direct current power supply of electrical networks comprising at least two generators (G1, G2), an alternating current power distribution bar (11), a direct current power distribution bar... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080084119 - Circuit arrangement for voltage switching: A circuit arrangement for voltage switching is used for optimized control of switching transistors, which are used for switching voltages applied to an output of the circuit arrangement. The circuit arrangement of the invention enables rapid voltage switching with a simultaneously low current consumption.... Agent: Mg-ip Law, Pllc

20080084120 - Electric power transmission system without conductors: The system comprises a transmitter module which includes a circuit in which an electromagnetic transducer is established which generates a magnetic flow, supplied by means of a control circuit with the aid of a switch or similar element by means of one or more batteries, said magnetic flow is received... Agent: Levisohn Berger, LLP

20080079312 - Energy conversion system for a vehicle: An energy conversion system transfers energy between an energy source, or storage unit, and an electric device via a first port and a second port and at least one of receives and provides energy via a third port.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080079315 - Semiconductor integrated circuit and multi-output power supply apparatus using the same: A semiconductor integrated circuit (10A) which converts an input supply voltage (Vi=2.5 to 4 V) applied to an input terminal (P1) into a first output voltage (Vo1=5 V) and outputs the first output voltage from an output terminal (P2), includes a first control circuit (17) which supplies a switching unit... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20080079314 - System for bypassing a power cell of a power supply: A system. The system includes a multi-winding device having a primary winding and a plurality of three-phase secondary windings, and a plurality of power cells. Each power cell is connected to a different three-phase secondary winding of the multi-winding device. The system also includes a first contact connected to a... Agent: Elsa Keller Intellectual Property Department

20080079313 - Method and system for preventing access to a building and vehicle: A system for preventing unauthorised use of a vehicle having an engine housing and a device for enabling starting of the engine amongst other ancillary features is disclosed. The system provides a wireless smart card reader and a smart card which, may be a multi-function smart card for use with... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20080079316 - Lethal electric fence energizer: Electric fence energizers used with fencing systems are provided. The energizers can be used to provide an unsafe electric shock, as defined by safety agencies such as UL, where the electric fence energizers are capable of operating continuously regardless of the fence load. Alternately, the energizers can be equipped so... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20080079317 - Control architecture for power supply: The present invention discloses a control structure for a power supply, which comprises: a primary power system, a power switching unit, and at least one switch. The primary power system transforms an external source power into DC powers. The power switching unit is normally electrically connected with the primary power... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080079318 - Safety relay having independently testable contacts: Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture related to safety relays having independently testable relay contacts are disclosed. In one disclosed example, a safety relay includes a plurality of relay coils, each of which is coupled in parallel to a first node via a respective one of a plurality of switches.... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC