Electrical transmission or interconnection systems inventions 08/08

20080203814 - In-vehicle emergency report apparatus: An in-vehicle emergency report apparatus is so constructed that the operating power source is switched from a vehicle battery to an auxiliary battery only when a pre-crash safety ECU determines that a vehicle will collide with something. That is, the operating power source is switched from the vehicle battery to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080203815 - Vehicle antitheft device and control method of a vehicle: When a remote start of an engine using a predetermined transmitter is performed, a security regarding theft of a vehicle can be prevented form being significantly deteriorated. The vehicle has a remote engine starter for remotely start an engine and a vehicle antitheft device for activating an alarm when there... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080203816 - Power supply apparatus: Provided is a technology where a voltage capable of driving a mobile device, to which a power supply apparatus is connected, is automatically detected. The power supply apparatus, for supplying power to the device connected, includes a power supply, a voltage conversion unit which varies a voltage inputted from the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080203820 - Backup power system: d. said customer generation system (5) supplying an AC voltage that can be added to the circuit, in parallel to said utility grid (1), the grid monitoring device for opening said first switch (411, 412) being provided upon a failure of the utility grid.... Agent: Pyle & Piontek Attn: Thomas R. Vigil

20080203818 - Double power sources switching circuit: A double power sources switching circuit comprises a detection unit utilizing a detection chip to detect a voltage state of a first power input terminal to provide a stable and accurate voltage level and output a corresponding signal; a power source switching circuit respectively electronically connected to a power output... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20080203819 - Energy storage device of a transformer: An energy storage device of a transformer includes a first node formed on a side of a primary end of the transformer, a second node formed on another side of the primary end, a third node, a resistor coupled between the first node and the third node, a diode coupled... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080203817 - Power architecture for battery powered remote devices: Systems and methods that may be employed to provide a high-reliability power architecture for an information handling system and a physically separable (i.e., detachable) remote system. The information handling system may be, for example, a portable information handling system such as a notebook computer. The remote system may be, for... Agent: O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders LLP

20080203821 - Power system: A power system is designed for providing reliable electrical power to a telecommunications facility and/or associated devices. The system includes a DC bus adapted to receive electrical power from a primary energy source. A switch is provided for switching from the primary energy source to a secondary energy source. Additionally,... Agent: Sprint Communications Company L.p.

20080203822 - Power system for a device: A power system is designed for providing reliable electrical power to a facility and/or associated devices. The system includes one or more fuel cells and a circuit adapted to receive power from the one or more fuel cells. The circuit is electrically connected to a device receiving the electrical power... Agent: Sprint Communications Company L.p.

20080203823 - Arrangement for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy: The invention relates to an arrangement for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy comprising a piezo-electric auxiliary generator producing an auxiliary voltage and a main generator which is coupled mechanically with the auxiliary generator and producing the electrical energy.... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080203824 - Information processing system and supply device: There is disclosed an information processing system including: a first device including a magnetic core having a first end part to be brought into close proximity to the second device, and a second end part provided facing the first end part, an exciting coil wound around the magnetic core, and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080203825 - Impulse generator utilizing nonlinear transmission line: The impulse generator comprises a nonlinear transmission line capable of obtaining an impulse with a small half value width and a large amplitude, in which a plurality of transmission line units having a unit line unit and a diode are connected in series, a pulse generator connected to the transmission... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080203826 - Distributing board embedded panel transformer: The present invention relates to a distribution board having an embedded panel transformer. The distribution board includes a panel transformation unit (B), a terminal box (200), a converter (210), and a control unit (300). The panel transformation unit includes a plurality of panel transformers (A). Each of the panel transformers... Agent: Franklin & Associates International LLC

20080203827 - Electrical supply unit: An electrical supply unit, comprising: a sealable container having an interior and being moveable between an open position, in which the interior may be accessed by a user and a closed position, in which the interior may not be accessed by a user; and one or more charging points located... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP/seattle

20080197699 - Leakage current shunt in an electrical power distribution system utilizing solid state relays: The invention provides an apparatus for shunting leakage current of a solid state switching device (SSSD) (10). The apparatus selectively provides a shunt pathway to divert current away from the output load based on the switching state of the SSSD. The apparatus may include a shunt impedance component (14) connected... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Law Department Ab2

20080197698 - Method for energy management: The invention relates to a method for energy management, whereby large variations in current draw in the loom are reduced, in particular current draw spikes, caused by very high making currents for electric actuators and solenoid valves, which are more evenly distributed over time. The above is achieved, by means... Agent: Norman N Kunitz Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20080197700 - Method for the attachment of ribbon cable systems: The invention refers to a method for mounting subassemblies (17) on structural components, in particular vehicle doors (1). After preassembly of the elements of the subassembly (17) on a support element (13), the entire electric or electronic circuit that is contained in the subassembly is attached in one step to... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20080197701 - Intermittent driving system: An intermittent driving system includes a control target circuit to determine and notify a switching timing of ON/OFF of a power supply, and a control circuit to send a power supply ON signal for turning on the power supply or a power supply OFF signal for turning off the power... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080197702 - Programmable infrastructure system: A modular power distribution system (1500) is interconnected to a power breaker panel (1452) through a home-run cable (1454). Power is applied from the home-run cable (1454) through universal connectors (1456) and modular power cable (1504) to three connector modules (1508) through modular connector plugs (1506). The connector modules (1508)... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20080197703 - Power supply control circuit and electronic circuit: A power supply control circuit (3) having control of the supply and shutoff of electrical power from a power source (2), and including a request-receiving unit (11) operable to receive a power shutoff-requesting signal (10) from each of a plurality of functional blocks, in which each of the plurality of... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080197704 - Back-up power supply systems: A back-up power supply system includes, in one embodiment, a threshold detector circuit; a first switching circuit for enabling access to a back-up power source, the first switching circuit comprising at least a first transistor; and an inverting switch coupled between the first switching circuit and the threshold detector circuit,... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20080197705 - System including a microturbine and a high-frequency alternator generating backup power for a telecommunications system: A system includes an electrical load formed by a number of circuits within a system performing telecommunication functions, primary and backup sources of electrical power, and a relay that switches an input to the electrical load from the primary source to the backup source in response to determining that a... Agent: Norman Friedland

20080197706 - 3-phase high power ups: A 3-phase uninterruptible power supply (UPS) including first, second, and third AC/DC converters, a DC/DC converter, and at least one DC/AC converter coupled to multiple electrical buses. The first, second, and third AC/DC converters each being configured to receive AC power and to provide multiple DC signals to the multiple... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 30623

20080197707 - Power management unit with battery detection: According to one exemplary embodiment, a power management unit residing in an electronic device includes a battery detection controller coupled to a battery charger and a regulator block, where the regulator block is capable of providing power to the electronic device. The battery detection controller is configured to turn off... Agent: Farjami & Farjami LLP

20080197708 - Switching controller for power sharing of parallel power supplies: A switching controller for power sharing of power supplies is disclosed. The switching controller includes an input circuit coupled to an input terminal to receive an input signal for generating a phase-shift signal, a first integration circuit coupled to the input circuit to generate a first integration signal in response... Agent: Law Offices Of Mikio Ishimaru

20080197709 - Cogeneration system: In a cogeneration system having a generator that generates DC power, an internal combustion engine for driving the generator, a battery that stores DC power for starting the engine, and an inverter that inverts the DC power generated by the generator to AC power, there are provided a solar unit... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080197711 - Electronic device: An electronic device having at least a loop-shaped electric conductor generating electric power by electromagnetic induction is provided. The electronic device includes a voltage-detecting unit, a voltage-comparing unit and a separating unit. The voltage-detecting unit is configured to detect a voltage generated in the electric conductor by the electromagnetic induction.... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080197712 - Power transmission control device, power transmission device, electronic instrument, and non-contact power transmission system: A power transmission control device provided in a power transmission device of a non-contact power transmission system includes an amplitude detection circuit that detects amplitude information that relates to an induced voltage signal of a primary coil, an A/D conversion circuit that performs A/D conversion of the amplitude information, and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080197713 - Power transmission control device, power transmission device, electronic instrument, and non-contact power transmission system: A power transmission control device provided in a power transmission device of a non-contact power transmission system includes a drive clock signal generation circuit that generates a drive clock signal that specifies a drive frequency of a primary coil, a driver control circuit that generates a driver control signal based... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080197710 - Transmission of power supply for robot applications between a first member and a second member arranged rotatable relative to one another: A process media transfer unit for an industrial robot including a first part for attachment to a first robot part, and a second part for attachment to a second robot part. The first and second parts being coaxially arranged about a common axis and separated by an airgap to provide... Agent: Venable LLP

20080197714 - Pulse circuit: In an embodiment of the invention there is provided a pulse circuit including two transmission lines or other capacitive energy storage circuits resonantly charged by inductors and diodes that are connected to a DC power source. The pulse circuit includes a pulse transformer that may be connected in series with... Agent: Adam K. Sacharoff Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament&rubenstein,pc

20080197715 - Method and device for controlled reclosing of a circuit breaker: A method for controlled reclosing of branch elements in an electric power system that has been subjected to a disturbance and that includes at least one branch element and at least one circuit breaker connected thereto. The angular difference between voltage vectors on both sides of the circuit breaker or... Agent: Venable LLP

20080197716 - Automatic power switching in game peripheral: An input device, such as game peripheral, for a computing device, such as a game console, may have some components that may be powered by AC power only, and some components that may be powered by either AC power or battery power. The switch from AC power to battery power,... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080197717 - Self-adaptive soft turn-on of power switching devices: An embodiment of a control circuit is proposed for turning on a power switching device, the switching device turning on in response to a control signal exceeding a threshold value. The control circuit includes pre-charging means for providing the control signal at a pre-charging value not reaching the threshold value,... Agent: Graybeal, Jackson, Haley LLP

20080191550 - Vehicle accessory control system: A control system for an accessory in a vehicle includes an adapter, a monitoring circuit, and a controller. The adapter couples with a fused power source. The monitoring circuit is coupled to the adapter and the controller is coupled to the adapter and the monitoring circuit. The control system provides... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.c.

20080191551 - Usb for vehicle application: A power data connection for a vehicle and one or more electronic devices is provided. The power data connection comprises a data communication connector and a terminal. The data communication connector includes a case ground and is adapted to enable data communication to and from the vehicle. The terminal is... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c./fgtl

20080191552 - Power supply device and storage control device: The power supply device of the present invention supplies power individually to a plurality of disk drives by rendering a plurality of DC/DC converters redundant. One redundant power supply substrate is assigned to a plurality of normal power supply substrates. One redundant power supply substrate supports the outputs of a... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080191553 - Semiconductor integrated circuit: A semiconductor integrated circuit for driving a display such as a plasma display has a plurality of output bit circuits each including a latch circuit, a comparator circuit comparing the state of the latch circuit output for its own output bit circuit with the state of the latch circuit output... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080191554 - Power supply system: A power supply system (and method) for an exhibition stand having a frame that includes upstanding posts and transverse members. The power supply system (and method) includes an elongate member forming in use one of the transverse members of the frame. The elongate member includes a power inlet connectable to... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.c.

20080191555 - Computer and power supply method thereof: A computer includes a system unit which has a plurality of electronic components, a battery unit which supplies auxiliary electric power to the system unit, an adapter which receives a first alternating current (AC) electric power and outputs a second AC electric power; a rectifying unit which rectifies the second... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080191556 - Uninterruptible power supply for the back up of dc power source: The present invention relates to an uninterruptible power supply for the backup of DC power source. The uninterruptible power supply for the backup of DC power source in accordance with the present invention comprises: a) an energy storage device that stores extra DC energy from the DC power source; b)... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080191557 - Power supply topology: A power supply system can include a primary power supply coupled to an output, and a secondary power supply coupled to the output. The primary power supply provides power to the output when a voltage level of the secondary power supply is less than a first predetermined level. The secondary... Agent: Patent Prosecution O2mirco , Inc.

20080191558 - Power feed system, terminal device, power feeding method and computer readable medium: A power feed system includes: an information device; a terminal device that is connected the information processing device, and that has a power source; and a selection unit that selects, as power utilized by the terminal device, at least one of first power from the power source of the terminal... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080191559 - Method and device for production and emission of a high-power microwave pulse: The production and emission of high-energy microwave pulses are made possible by means of a device with a particularly compact design if the capacitor column (12-12) of the Marx generator (11) whose series circuit conventionally itself feeds a microwave generator with a matched antenna geometry, is now itself used—dispensing with... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080191560 - Power extractor with control loop: In some embodiments, a power extractor's control loop detects changes in power and controls the duty cycle of the switching circuitry in response to the detected changes in power, thereby controlling the power transfer. The control loop may include a signal generator to control the duty cycle, and the frequency... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080191561 - Parallel connected hts utility device and method of using same: A superconducting electrical cable system is configured to be included within a utility power grid. The superconducting electrical cable system includes a superconducting electrical path interconnected between a first and a second node within the utility power grid. A non-superconducting electrical path is interconnected between the first and second nodes... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20080185912 - Hydrogen powered vehicle refueling strategy: A method for refueling hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles is disclosed, that is capable of automatically disabling the vehicle systems, resetting the vehicle systems to allow for normal vehicle operation after the refueling event is complete, and determining if a faulty refueling event has been detected and allows normal vehicle... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20080185913 - Power feeding system: A power feeding system which includes an apparatus including a plurality of movable sections supplied with direct current power for operation; and a commercial power source and an auxiliary power source device for supplying electric power to the apparatus. The auxiliary power source device includes an AC/DC converter for converting... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080185914 - Redundant power supply with pulse width modulation soft start feature: Various systems and methods for providing a pulse width modulation soft start feature in a redundant power supply are disclosed. One method involves comparing an input voltage, which is received from a load unit, to a threshold voltage. If the input voltage is less than the threshold voltage, a PWM... Agent: Campbell Stephenson LLP

20080185915 - Ups having solar powered battery charger: A UPS includes a first transfer switch, a first battery charger, a second transfer switch, a solar energy absorption board, and a second battery charger. The first transfer switch connects a power source to an electrical device. The first battery charger connects the power source to a storage battery for... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080185916 - Application of power multiplication to electric power distribution: In various embodiments, various systems and methods are provided for power distribution. In one embodiment, power distribution apparatus is provided comprising a power multiplier comprising a multiply-connected electrical structure, and a plurality of power network couplings in the multiply-connected electrical structure. The multiply-connected electrical structure is a resonant circuit tuned... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080185917 - Selective phase coupler: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for communicating over an electrically conductive line having a plurality of power line phases between a first device having a single receiver and plurality of distal devices. The power line phases are adapted to deliver an alternating electrical current. Each of the distal devices... Agent: Antony C. Edwards

20080185918 - Wireless power transfer system for movable glass: A power transfer system for imparting power to at least one functional element, such as a movable glass-containing functional element, such as a sliding glass door. The power transfer system preferably includes a magnetic induction power transfer mechanism with a power transfer circuit having first and second separated coils, and... Agent: Michael P. Mazza, LLC

20080185919 - Method of, and apparatus for, transmitting energy: Step 2) coherent transmission of the beam of electromagnetically neutralized energy by coherent transmission apparatus to a target. Wherein, adverse electromagnetic interaction of the coherently transmitted beam of electromagnetically neutralized energy with electrically charged particles in the coherent transmission apparatus is eliminated to an extent, thus eliminating an extent of... Agent: Steven Howard Snyder

20080185920 - Volt-second synchronization for magnetic loads: A method and device for connecting a load to an AC power source is arranged to ensure that the volt-second ratings of magnetic devices in the load are not exceeded, in order to limit in-rush currents resulting from saturation of the magnetic devices. In the case where the load is... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC